Leganes 0-1 FC Barcelona Highlights, La Liga: Barca Eke Out A Narrow Victory To Go Seven Points Clear In Title Race

The referee blows the full-time whistle as an own-goal gives Barcelona all three points in the La Liga fixture and sends them seven clear of Real Madrid in the points table.

Barca XI: Szczesny (gk), Kounde, Araujo, Martinez, Garcia, Pedri, Yamal, Lopez, Raphinha, Lewandowski

Leganes XI: Dmitrovic (gk), Rosier, Altimira, Gonzalez, Saenz, Hernandez, Raba, Cisse, Tapia, Rodriguez, Diomande

Leganes have won just twice in their last ten encounters against FC Barcelona. As for Barca, they have won the remaining 8 games.

FC Barcelona get things underway in the match, shooting from left to right as the visitors look to snatch victory against their La Liga rivals.

A foul on Lamine Yamal sees referee award a free-kick to the visitors as Robert Lewandowski lines one up. The Polish forward takes and shoots way above the goal as Hansi Flick looks bemused.

Leganes player Altimira is shown an early yellow card by the referee after a cynical foul on Lamine Yamal. Keep an eye out on this.

After a four-goal show in the week, FC Barcelona are yet to open the scoring in their La Liga fixture. The relegation threatened side doing best defensively to keep out their opponents.

Leganes look to attack, as Cisse searches for Diomande on the left. However, the latter makes a run into the middle instead and that allows Barca defender Joules Kounde to easily gather the ball.

If Leganes manage to hold Barca till the break, it will be a big boost to the relegation battlers, who are in need of a win to climb up the La Liga ladder.

Not good news for FC Barcelona and their fans as Keita Balde goes off and is replaced by Gerard Martin.

Half-time in this fixture and Leganes are holding Barcelona up in till the break and if it stays like this, could prove crucial in the La Liga race, especially with the likes of Real Madrid and Atletico in action.

Here's how the top 6 look like

Second half begins as Barca make a forced change with Ronald Araujo being replaced by Frenkie De Jong

Goalll!!!! FC Barcelona finally break the deadlock albeit via an own-goal from Jorge Saenz to hand Barca the lead.

After scoring an OG, Leganes manager hooks off Jorge Saenz and is replaced by Juan Cruz

Both managers make the changes for the second-half as Oscar is replaced by Neyou for Leganes whereas Hansi Flick brings off Robert Lewandowski and Fermin Lopez and replaces them with Ferran Torres and Gavi.

Leganes players think they have levelled the game for the evening only for the linesman to raise the offside flag. Altimira receives the ball on the right and whips a cross into the middle as Raba heads it past Szczesny. But it is offside.

Spanish starlet Lamine Yamal tries his best to double the score as he gets pas the ball on the right side and whips in a cross into the far post where Ferran Torres’ strike is blocked in front of goal.

Four minutes of added time to play in the match. Leganes need something special if they are get a point in this game which seems unlikely.

"The manager already said the results Leganes have got aganst the big teams, that tells you all you have to know. They threatened us on the counter attacks but the result is what counts.

"These are the kind of games that are so vital for us. We are in good form in the league and the Champions League, we are where we want to be.

"We feel good and this doesn't stop. We are all so motivated. We hope the Balde injury isn't serious. Every match now is a final."