Barcelona extended her advance at the top of the seven -point league with a late return to home.
The leaders of Laliga, Barcelona, retaliated by 3-1 to beat Celta Vigo 4-3 during a meeting of roller coasters as a penalty in time of time by Raphinha extends their advance on Real Madrid at the top of the table at seven points.
With the score equally at 3-3 after Borja Iglesias de Celta scored a hat-trick, the match on Saturday in Barcelona seemed to go to a draw when Dani Olmo won a deeply in additional time and Raphinha intensified to score and seal the three points.
The result exerts pressure on Real Madrid, which plays Bilbao on Sunday in fourth place. Celta Vigo is seventh with 43 points.
“It’s football. We wanted to win this match, but we were not always in our best,” said Dazn, replacing Barca and goalscorer Dani Olmo. “But the team finally arrived, and the crowd pushed us on arrival.
“It’s three points towards our goal, but we have to continue.”
Barcelona took the lead when Ferran Torres took over the ball in the midfield and found space to drive towards the goal, pulling the relaxation of the box to beat the goalkeeper Vicente Guaita for his 10th goal of the season of the season.
But Celta responded immediately when Pablo Duran put a superb cross of the wing, and while Wojciech Szczesny shaped his line to recover the ball, the Polish goalkeeper missed him to give Iglesias a tap in an empty net.
Barça was late for seven minutes in the second half when Frenkie de Jong made a mistake and completely missed a long ball, allowing Iglesias to pass and beat Szczesny to reach his second goal.
Iglesias Hat-Trick for Celta Vigo
While Barça was pushing forward to find an equalizer, an authorization Celta found Iglesias, and he capitalized on the highline of the local team to sprint in order and beat Szczesny for the third time to claim his hat.
An amazed Barcelona tried to recover quickly, and they obtained one in the 64th minute when Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha combined to find Olmo, who marked five minutes after his substitute.
“He [coach Hansi Flick] told me that we had to play a little more. We just needed to better connect with each other, “said Olmo about what Flick had told him before going to the field.
Four minutes later, Barcelona leveled him at 3-3 when Lamine Yamal crossed the ball in the 5.5 meter box (6 yards), where Raphinha got up over the defense to go home.
A shocking Celta sought to leave with a point, but Olmo obtained a penalty when he was the victim of a fault in the box and the referee had no doubt when he pointed out the point after a Var check.
Raphinha then intensified and exploded the ball in the corner greater than the 98th minute for its 30th goal in all competitions this season.
“It is a soft-make-up feeling because we have done a lot,” said Pablo Duran of Celta. “They have such a high level, especially in the last third. They are capable of these things.
“We should be very proud of ourselves, coming here and showing a lot of character, playing our football. For many games, we were better than them, but we left with a bad feeling because of the result. ”
