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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 TVNZ:

World Player of the Year Messi led the fightback with two goals in five minutes to put them ahead by the 27th minute as Pep Guardiola’s side responded with some irresistible football.

Messi went on to score four goals in total with another from Xavi to end the match 5-1. Barcelona remain 10 points behind Real Madrid, but have opened up their lead over third place Valencia.

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Barcelona managed to pull things together last night and while they dominated possession throughout, there were some dangerous moments. According to Fox News:
Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi and defending champs FC Barcelona took their first steps toward another Champions League title Tuesday as they handily beat Germany’s Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-1 in the round of 16.

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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 [...]

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 beat Osasuna 4-0 last night in their first game of 2012. The match, which took place at the Nou Camp, was without David Villa due to his broken leg and Lionel Messi made an unexpected appearance after being expected to sit the match out due to flu. According to IBNLive:
Despite some notable absentees in [...]

Barcelona thrashed Santos 4-0 to take the Club World Cup title in Japan on Sunday. Lionel Messi scored two, with Xavi and Cesc adding one each. According to The Sydney Morning Herald:
The clash between the European and South American champions in Japan had been billed as a showdown between Messi, widely acknowledged as the best [...]

Barcelona showed that they are very much in contention for the league title this season after a 5-0 win against Levante. The first division newcomers have showed an impressive run of games are currently in fourth place but had little to do to counter the Barça onslaught. According to IEWY News:
Having watched on as Real [...]

After their defeat by Getafe at the weekend, many have started to write Barçá off already. However, a win against Rayo Vallecano last night should have silenced critics. Firstpost says:
Barca were given a quick chance to respond to their 1-0 away defeat to Getafe at the weekend as yesterday’s fixture was brought forward due to [...]

Well, it couldn’t last; after setting a new record for the amount of time on pitch without conceding a goal Athletic Bilbao managed to sneak 2 goals past Voctor Valdes last night in a waterlogged match. As The Irish Time says:
Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes was beaten for the first time in 10 matches when Ander [...]