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Barcelona got back to winning ways in La Liga on Saturday as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao at Camp Nou.
Barcelona hosted Athletic Bilbao at Camp Nou on Saturday evening, looking to keep up the pressure on Real Madrid and close the gap on the La Liga table toppers to one point. The performance was below par, but in the end Luis Enrique’s men got the all important three points.
Paco Alcacer broke the deadlock early on in the first half to score his first goal for Barcelona, before Lionel Messi doubled the Blaugrana’s lead by scoring his 16th league goal with a sublime free kick just before half-time.
Aleix Vidal then completed what eventually looked like a comfortable stroll for Barcelona by making it 3-0 just after the hour mark, and make further impression on Enrique.
Here are the best tweets after a resounding win for Barcelona over Ernesto Valverde’s Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
?? It’s all over! Barça take it with goals from Alcácer, Messi & Vidal ??? #FCBLive #FCBAthletic pic.twitter.com/4N1l81hHuh
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 4, 2017
FT: Barcelona 3-0 Athletic
Paco Alcácer scores his first league goal for Barcelona in his 10th match. pic.twitter.com/MVP2F95Gvj
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 4, 2017
Barcelona have closed the gap on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga https://t.co/AUNGSvLVLc pic.twitter.com/DTtP1qa1Kq
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 4, 2017
£27m Barcelona signing Paco Alcacer scores his first #LaLiga goal for 10 months! pic.twitter.com/QT6NHIUuh6
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) February 4, 2017
Barcelona 3-0 Athletic Club FT: Shots(OT) 16(6) – 10(5), Possession 54% – 46%, Rating 7.41 – 6.24 https://t.co/pIg06BiIzj
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) February 4, 2017
Club record! Leo Messi overtakes Ronald Koeman as Barcelona’s greatest free-kick wizard ?? pic.twitter.com/ghYmgsHGrY
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) February 4, 2017
Lionel Messi has now scored more free-kicks (27) for Barcelona than any other player in the club’s history.
Another day, another record. ? pic.twitter.com/Fnw31mF4Tv
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 4, 2017
Barcelona fans were visibly excited as Enrique’s men closed the gap on Real Madrid, while Neymar was a huge talking point after a man of the match performance on Saturday.
Barcelona fans right now? pic.twitter.com/CVtcFUV4Rx
— Neymar Jr. (@NeyMarvellous) February 4, 2017
GOAT @br_uk: Club record! Leo Messi overtakes Ronald Koeman as Barcelona’s greatest free-kick wizard ?? pic.twitter.com/2iRRhLnK3T“
— I am DAVID. (@Billwizmiz) February 4, 2017
Umtiti in La Liga
Played 11
Won 11 pic.twitter.com/1mthOUANd6— Barca World (@FCBarcelonaHome) February 4, 2017
Messi’s free kick against Athletic Club today ???? pic.twitter.com/mKJQinuMm7
— Neymar Messi Fans ⚽ (@Fc_barcelona_Gr) February 4, 2017
Messi has now scored 27 free-kicks with Barcelona overtaking Koeman (26) as the player to score most FKs at the club.
— Sergi Domínguez (@FutbolSergi) February 4, 2017
Barcelona have won all the league games Umtiti has played in (11/11) #fcblive
— Barcastuff (@barcastuff_real) February 4, 2017
Neymar’s game by numbers vs. Athletic Bilbao:
8 take-ons
5 shots
4 tackles won
3 crosses
2 chances created
1 assistStrong display. ? pic.twitter.com/q9tETTwwsW
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 4, 2017
See what Neymar did to a family’s breadwinner ??? pic.twitter.com/yOzny9GrnB
— TèmilOlúwa (@Temphiz) February 4, 2017
Neymar before today’s game ❤️❤️❤️ @neymarjr pic.twitter.com/W6v23EW5Ur
— Neymar Messi Fans ⚽ (@Fc_barcelona_Gr) February 4, 2017
#Neymar played really amazing today ?? pic.twitter.com/kObsNja7ha
— BarcaFansClub (@thebarcafans) February 4, 2017
When you have to go up against Neymar ?? pic.twitter.com/pcAulQLcH8
— Soccer ⚽ (@TrueSoccerLife) February 4, 2017
Good game. Neymar MOTM for me. If people can’t see past his lack of goals, that’s their problem. He’s involved in everything right now.
— Jen Evelyn (@JenFCB) February 4, 2017
Neymar knows how much these Atheltic hate his “disrespectful” tricks and he’s just doing more and more and more of them. I love this guy.
— Sameer Riyaz (@SameerRiyaz13) February 4, 2017
Good win resting Suárez & partially Leo but yet another subpar performance. Neymar standout, a completely rejuvenated player – sensational.
— Sergi Domínguez (@FutbolSergi) February 4, 2017
Neymar is everywhere, all the time. Best on the pitch so far. Hustling on defense, breaking ankles, setting teammates up. What a man.
— Jen Evelyn (@JenFCB) February 4, 2017
