Barcelona opened up a five-point lead at the top of La Liga courtesy of a 2-1 win over Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez on Sunday night.
Goals from Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez ultimately proved enough for the Spanish champions to overcome a Getafe side who halved the deficit late in the first period through Jaime Mata.
Read how it all unfolded in Sports Mole's minute-by-minute live commentary of the action below.
GETAFE: Soria; Damian, Djene, Cabrera, Antunes; Foulquier, Arambarri, Maksimovic, Mata, Portillo; Angel
BARCA: Ter Stegen; Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Arthur, Rakitic, Vidal; Messi, L Suarez, Dembele
📍 Ready to go at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
⚽ #GetafeBarça pic.twitter.com/ANO65pxogW— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 6, 2019
⚽ #GetafeBarça
Top 5⃣ goals
🤔 Which is the best? pic.twitter.com/y2iumgHGcG— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 6, 2019
🧺 Four straight clean sheets in LaLiga — will @mterstegen1 pull another one out of the washer on Sunday? #BarçaGetafe pic.twitter.com/tlRdI0LblE
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 6, 2019
What are you hoping for in 2⃣0⃣1⃣9⃣. ?
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 6, 2019
And who will score our first goal of the year?
We put those questions to our fans in Madrid.#ForçaBarça 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/hQzUL5e4RG
¡Así ha sido la llegada al Coliseum del equipo en la tarde de hoy! 💪#VamosGeta #GetafeBarcelona pic.twitter.com/SxrlET7rnr
— Getafe C.F. (@GetafeCF) January 6, 2019
¡Con este once saltaremos al césped del Coliseum para enfrentarnos al @FCBarcelona_es en poco más de una hora! 🎉#VamosGeta #GetafeBarcelona pic.twitter.com/15SMdnHytO— Getafe C.F. (@GetafeCF) January 6, 2019