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With the final whistle fast approaching it was looking like Barcelona might once again drop points in the league, this time playing Sporting Gijon. However, Keita put the 10 man Barça ahaead again for which coach Pep Guardiola was later effusive in his praise. According to Goal.com, Guardiola said:

“There are many players who, when they lose the confidence of a coach, are offended. They feel that they are the centre of the universe and do not understand that the coach does it [drops them] for the good of the team. 

“But one of the most wonderful things in these four years is to have met a guy like him. 

“Today I’m happy that he has had such a huge game and scored a great goal. The work he does makes my job easier and I hope he will stay here as long as possible.”

Read “Guardiola hails ‘wonderful’ Keita after Sporting victory – Goal.com

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Pep Guardiola has conceded defeat in the race to win the Spanish League title, saying that his team will fight until the end despite the almost certaintly that Madrid will take the title. Barça faced Atletico Madrid on Sunday night and the 2-1 win leaving them trailing Real Madrid by 10 points still. According to [...]

Valencia put themselves into the lead against FC Barcelona at the Nou Camp with an eighth minute goal that left the stadium silent. However, as the Catalans got into the match they began to dominate. And once Lionel Messi, on his 200th league appearance, opened Barcelona’s scoring the Catalans proved to be unstoppable. According to [...]

It’s all over for Barcelona as far as the Spanish League is concerned this weekend after their second defeat of the season opened up Real Madrid’s point gap to 10. According to CRIEnglish.com:
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola rested international trip Cersc Fabrigas, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta and saw how Osasuna controlled the game in the [...]

Saturday night saw freezing temperatures across much of Spain and so Real Sociedad visited the Nou Camp in the bitter cold. While the Catalans went 2 goals up thanks to Tallo and Messi, the visitors scored just two minutes after Messi’s goal. The team had a number of B team players due to Guardiola resting [...]

FC Barcelona lost further ground to real Madrid on Saturday in a goalless draw against Villarreal. Meanwhile Madrid took three points and opened up their lead over the Catalans to seven points. According to The Age:
Barca made several chances in the first half but found Lopez in the way, which helped Villarreal’s confidence to [...]

After Wednesday’s win against Real Madrid and another clasico coming up this week, Pep Guardiola rested some of his star players in this league match against Malaga. The hosts seemed keen to score early on, but Victor Valdes made sure it didn’t happen. According to The Offside:
A nouveau riche Malaga side that is slowly coming [...]

Currently five points behind arch-rival Real Madrid, FC Barcelona needs to do everything it can to ensure no more points are lost in the league. With Real Madrid winning their match against Mallorca on Saturday, Betis looked like it would be a straightforward win. However:
Barcelona squandered a two-goal lead before seeing off 10-man Real Betis [...]

Barcelona played Espanyl in the local derby last night to come away with a single point and to find them five points behind the league leader, Real Madrid. According to ABS-CBN News:
It was far from a vintage performance from Barcelona but they looked in control and they could have had a second from Messi who [...]

FC Barcelona cruised to victory against Real Madrid on Saturday night with a 3-1 win. According to Xinhua:
A win for Madrid would have left them six points clear of Barca with a game in hand and Jose Mourinho’s side got a perfect start when Karim Benzema scored after 25 seconds following a poor clearance from [...]