FC Barcelona took a significant step towards lifting their first title of the season by beating Athletic Bilbao at San Mames.
From the very start Blaugrana displayed an attacking football and playing thier usual possession game and retrieving the ball quickly. Bojan marked the first big chance for the Catalans with hitting the post from a long range shot and few minutes later Xavi had a clear shot but sent the ball over the goal.
Despite having more chances than the hosts, FC Barcelona fell behind after a mistake in midfield which led to an opening goal of the match scored by Marcos.
In the second half Barca continued to play patiently by slowly building up the pressure. In 58 minute Pedro cut the Bilbao defense on the right flank and made a perfect assist for Xavi who made an accurate shot this time and leveled the score. Ten minutes later Pedro won Barca the match with a powerful shot from outside of area which curled away from Gorka’s despairing dive.
ATHLETIC BILBAO : Gorka; Iraola, Ustaritz, Ocio, Koikili; Susaeta, Orbaiz, Gurpegui, Gabilondo (Castillo, min.67); De Marcos (Toquero, min.60), Llorente (Etxeberria, min.74).
BARCELONA: Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal; Touré, Xavi (Busquets, min,81), Keita; Pedro, Bojan, Henry (Jeffren, min.74).
GOALS: 1-0, min.44: De Marcos. 1-1, min.59: Xavi. 1-2, min.68: Pedro
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