La Liga: Barcelona fail to score at Bilbao as Real Madrid cut gap to just six points
Football | February 11, 2019 9:38 ISTBarcelona has now drawn three games in a row and is showing signs of fatigue as the season enters a critical phase.
Barcelona has now drawn three games in a row and is showing signs of fatigue as the season enters a critical phase.
Phillipe Coutinho netted two goals in his best game of an up-and-down season for the Catalan club, while Mess and Suarez scored in the latter end to complete the demolition.
It was the first time Barcelona failed to score since a 3-0 loss to Roma that eliminated the team from the Champions League last season, 39 matches ago.
The win moved Madrid into the top three for the first time since September and eased the pressure on coach Santiago Solari.
Although Chelsea failed to keep a perfect group-stage record, Willian and Giroud salvaged a 2-2 draw against Vidi in Budapest by scoring from free kicks.
Sevilla, which has eclipsed Barcelona and Real Madrid so far this season to lead the way in the Spanish league, suffered a surprise 1-0 loss at Standard Liege in Group J.
Dignitaries from renowned Spanish clubs such as Atletico de Madrid, Villarreal, Valencia and Deportivo Alaves, among others, gathered here to study the Indian market.
AC Milan suffered a shock 2-1 defeat against Real Betis at the San Siro, while Arsenal was unstoppable again as it remained perfect in the competition.
Barcelona hasn't won in four straight league games, while Madrid is winless in four matches in all competitions.
Barcelona couldn't end its poor league run as it previously drew 2-2 with Girona, lost 2-1 at Leganes and drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao, allowing Sevilla to claim the top spot.
Arsenal, with former Sevilla coach Unai Emery now in charge, defeated Ukraine's Vorskla 4-2 thanks to a double from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and AC Milan edged past Dudelange of Luxembourg 1-0.
Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-1 in the Spanish Super Cup as Messi overtook Andres Iniesta, who had 32 titles when he left this summer for the Japanese league.
Iniesta scored amid a brilliant performance as Barcelona crushed Sevilla 5-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, and became the first team in 85 years to win four straight Copa titles.
Sevilla got off to a good start this season, staying near the top in the Spanish league and looking like a possible title contender along with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The record comes four days after the Catalan club squandered a 4-1 first-leg advantage by losing 3-0 at Roma and failed to reach Europe's final four for the third year in a row.
Messi recently missed two international friendlies with Argentina because of a leg muscle problem, scored an 89th-minute equalizer in Barcelona's 2-2 draw with Sevilla.
FC Barcelona will take on AS Roma where as Sevilla will face German giants Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the 2017-2018 UCL season.
Within eight minutes, Sevilla had scored two goals and was heading into the quarterfinals of Europe's top competition for the first time in 60 years.
The scoreless result left the tie open heading into next month's second leg in Manchester, when Sevilla will be trying to make it to the quarterfinals for the first time and United will look to return to the last eight after three seasons.
Second-place Valencia needed a late penalty converted by Dani Parejo to see off Celta Vigo 2-1 and pull to within two points of Barcelona.
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