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#1 Valverde's timely changes
As the game wore on, Valverde was forced into taking Messi off for either a recurrence of his injury or as a precautionary measure as he required treatment halfway through the first half.
The second half started poorly by Barcelona's standards. Ousmane Dembele, who replaced Messi was showing some signs of threatening the opposition defence but Barcelona didn't seem to have control of the game. Gerard Moreno, Cazorla and Samuel Chukuwueze made plenty of inroads into the home side's defensive set-up.
Valverde's decision to bring on Frenkie De Jong and Ansu Fati for Roberto and Suarez handed the initiative back to Barcelona. They once again started to look solid and Fati was a menace in attack for the home team. They went close to increasing their lead a couple of times but couldn't make their chances count.
