{"id":105520,"date":"2015-04-06T06:27:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T06:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=105520"},"modified":"2015-04-06T06:27:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T06:27:18","slug":"barcelona-wins-after-bizarre-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=105520","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona wins after bizarre red card"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona restored their four-point lead at the top of La Liga with a tense victory over Celta Vigo, who ended with 10 men in bizarre circumstances.<\/p>\n

It took 73 minutes for the breakthrough – Jeremy Mathieu scoring the only goal with a back-post diving header from Xavi’s free-kick.<\/p>\n

Celta had Fabian Orellana sent off for throwing some grass at Sergio Busquets as he was getting ready to take a free-kick.<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi chipped over late on.<\/p>\n

Despite the significance of the result, the game might be better remembered for Orellana’s dismissal with two minutes left.<\/p>\n

The Chilean, frustrated with how long Busquets was spending to take his free-kick, picked a lump of grass off the ground and threw it in the face of the Spain international, who held his face and started to go down.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid had closed the gap with a 9-1 demolition of Granada in the early kick-off, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring five goals for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n

\"Luis<\/p>\n

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique had a tough test against his former club<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But Barcelona faced a much more well-organised side in mid-table Celta Vigo, with Barca boss Luis Enrique returning to the club for the first time since leaving them last summer.<\/p>\n

Celta created plenty of chances, with Joaquin Larrivey blazing over a simple chance from eight yards.<\/p>\n

Neymar had a goal marginally ruled out for offside early in the second half and substitute Xavi fired a shot wide before setting up Mathieu for the decisive moment.<\/p>\n

It was a second consecutive La Liga goal for the French defender, following his opener in the 2-1 win over Real Madrid, after he had failed to score in his first 19 league games since his summer move from Valencia.<\/p>\n

Celta put late pressure on Barcelona after Orellana’s farcical red card but they were unable to find a way through.<\/p>\n

\"Fabian<\/p>\n

Fabian Orellana was shown a red card for throwing grass at Sergio Busquets in the 88th minute<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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