Injuries overshadow narrow Barcelona victory over Celta Vigo

Injuries overshadow narrow Barcelona victory over Celta Vigo

Barcelona 1-0 Celta Vigo

Barcelona have restored their nine-point lead at the top of La Liga, having seen off a brave challenge from Celta Vigo at the Spotify Camp Nou.

The Catalans were keen for a fast start on home soil, and they almost took the lead inside 15 seconds when Ferran Torres did well to rob Marcos Alonso, which ended with Lamine Yamal finding the side-netting with a curled effort. And less than 30 seconds later, Celta almost scored themselves, but for Joan Garcia making a strong save to deny former Barcelona man Ferran Jutgla.

Barcelona suffered their first blow of the night on 21 minutes when Joao Cancelo was forced off after taking a blow to his thigh. And soon after, he was joined back in the dressing room by Lamine Yamal, but not before the 18-year-old scored the opening goal of the game from the penalty spot.

Lamine Yamal did all the work himself in drawing a foul from Celta defender Yoel Lago, and he found the bottom left corner from the resulting spot-kick. But upon striking the ball, he appeared to injure his hamstring, and he was subsequently replaced by .