Barcelona on verge of reclaiming La Liga title after late show in Pamplona

Barcelona on verge of reclaiming La Liga title after late show in Pamplona

Osasuna 1-2 Barcelona

Barcelona picked up another impressive away victory on Saturday, as they secured a 2-1 victory over Osasuna at El Sadar.

Barcelona had a lot of possession in the opening stages, but they did very little with it. Osasuna came the closest to scoring in the first half, with both chances falling to star striker Ante Budimir, who struck an effort against the post before having a long-range effort turned round the post by Joan Garcia.

The second half also began with Barcelona dominating proceedings, albeit they zipped the ball around a lot more. They had a big chance to open the scoring when Eric Garcia knocked down for Dani Olmo to strike at goal, but his effort was blocked by an Osasuna defender, much to the visitors’ frustration.

That miss prompted Hansi Flick to turn to his bench, with Frenkie de Jong, Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres all brought on. And it was the Manchester United loanee that made the telling difference on 81 minutes, as his wonderful cross was .