Barcelona Boss Guardiola Pleased After Sporting Gijon Win

Barcelona maintained their lead at the top of the table with a win over Sporting Gijon, and Pep Guardiola liked what he saw. Speaking to Marca after the game, Guardiola said, "It was a good victory in a stadium where few have won.""This win carries a lot of merit. We did...

Player Ratings: Sporting Gijon 0-1 Barcelona

Lionel Messi y Pedro celebran con el Barcelona frente al Sporting de Gijón en la Liga BBVA (Getty Images)Sporting GijonJuan Pablo - 8: An excellent performance, the man mainly responsible for keeping the scoreline respectable.Alberto Lora - 5: Got forward on occasion, but was highly frustrated by Pedro down the left flank.Alberto...

Sporting Gijon 0-1 Barcelona

Lionel Messi y Pedro celebran con el Barcelona frente al Sporting de Gijón en la Liga BBVA (Getty Images)Sporting Gijon 0-1 Barcelona - Lineups/StatsLa Liga Fixtures, ResultsSporting Gijon pushed Barcelona all the way in El Molinon, but went down by a solitary goal from Pedro as the Blaugrana extended their lead at the top of the...

Player Ratings: Real Valladolid 0-3 Barcelona

The Blaugrana extended their lead at the top with a commanding win against Valladolid, and Goal.com was on hand to rate the players Real ValladolidJusto Villar - 3: At fault for the second goal, and looked a nervous wreck throughout, with some shocking clearances.Pedro Lopez -...

Real Valladolid 0-3 Barcelona

Real Valladolid 0-3 Barcelona - Lineups/Stats La Liga Fixtures, Results Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to eight points with a routine victory over hard-working Real Valladolid. Xavi and Dani Alves scored a brace of goals within two minutes to put...

Player Ratings: Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla

Los Rojiblancos were completely outclassed by a rampant Blaugrana at the Camp Nou as they put four goals past the beleaguered visitors. Goal.com took a closer look at the players on display BARCELONAValdes: 6 - Might as well have sat in the stands and enjoyed a better view...

Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla

Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla - Lineups/Stats La Liga Fixtures/ResultsBarcelona eased to a 4-0 victory at the Camp Nou against Sevilla in a dominant performance. A Julien Escude own goal opened the scoring before Pedro doubled the lead, but some excellent goalkeeping from...

Player Ratings: Sevilla 0-1 Barcelona

A win wasn't enough for Barca in Andalusia. As the Copa del Rey holders crash out, Goal.com rates the performers on show SEVILLAAndres Palop - 8.5: Made a number of good saves to keep Barcelona at bay including one excellent stop when it seemed certain Ibrahimovic would...

Sevilla 0-1 Barcelona

The Blaugrana's hopes of another sextuple winning year has ended after being eliminated from the Copa del Rey Sevilla 0-1 Barcelona (agg: 2-2) - Lineup/StatsCopa del Rey Fixtures & Results Barcelona nabbed the only goal of the night through Xavi just past the hour mark...

Guardiola calls up the big guns for Seville trip

Guardiola calls up the big guns for Seville trip www.fcbarcelona.catSeventeen of the first team squad’s available 18 players will travel to Seville tomorrow together with Jonathan and Thiago. Márquez, Gai and Vázquez miss out on the trip. Pep Guardiola is taking all his stars to Seville to turn round the tie and welcomes back Zlatan...

Hat-Trick Messi Happy With Tenerife Win

'La Pulga' also praised Bojan for his contribution Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi said the result was more important than his contribution after his side came away from Tenerife with all three points in a five goal rout.Messi put himself level with David Villa in the Pichichi...

Player Ratings: Tenerife 0-5 Barcelona

Paul Madden Player Ratings: Tenerife 0-5 Barcelona TENERIFESergio Aragoneses - 5: Busied himself picking it out of the net. Made one or two decent saves but beaten five times and saved once by the woodwork.Juanlu - 5: Slack defending allowed Barcelona...

Tenerife 0-5 Barcelona

The wizard was on form, and so were his club Tenerife 0-5 Barcelona - Lineups/StatsLa Liga Table, Fixtures, ResultsBarcelona stunned Tenerife with a triple salvo just before the interval, and two more in the second period, to scoop a comprehensive victory and thus re-take pole...

Player Ratings: Barcelona 1-1 Villarreal

Villarreal came back from a one-goal deficit to earn a draw at the Camp Nou. Goal.com rates the players on show BARCELONA Valdes - 5.5 - Nothing special, nothing bad. Clearly not his best game in a Barca shirt but couldn't do much about the goal. Abidal...

Barcelona 1-1 Villarreal

The Blaugrana could not get 2010 off to a winning start Barcelona 1-1 Villarreal - Lineups/StatsLa Liga - Fixtures/ResultsPedro and David Fuster were on the score sheet at the Camp Nou, as the league leaders were held to a draw. Pep Guardiola chose to rest Lionel Messi by...