Barcelona 4-1 CD Alaves: 4 talking points as Blaugrana cruise to victory | LaLiga 2019/2020

#3 Antoine Griezmann continues his recent fine form

Griezmann was in fine form

After initially struggling to establish himself in the Barcelona ranks, Antoine Griezmann is slowly but surely settling into his rhythm, performing at the levels associated with him over the last few years. He showed great instinct and class to put Barcelona ahead in the 14th minute, finishing off a beautiful team move with a right-footed strike into the bottom corner.

That brought his season total to seven from 22 matches and while not entirely impressive, he has scored three goals in his last four LaLiga matches after drawing blanks in his previous five. The goal also meant that the French international has opened the scoring for Barcelona on six occasions, underlying just how important he is to the Blaugrana cause.

Beyond his goal on the day, Griezmann was also heavily involved in the play and almost had a pair of assists in the first half, first squaring the ball excellently across the middle which narrowly evaded Suarez' outstretched leg, while he also played Lionel Messi in with an audacious backheel.

In the second half, he put the ball in the back of the net with a pristine finish but was correctly adjudged to be offside but as he said in the post-match comments, he is finally settling in and proving his value to fans of the club.