Zürcher Nachrichten - Own goal helps Liga leaders Barca beat Leganes

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Own goal helps Liga leaders Barca beat Leganes
Own goal helps Liga leaders Barca beat Leganes / Photo: Thomas COEX - AFP

Own goal helps Liga leaders Barca beat Leganes

Barcelona needed a Jorge Saenz own goal to edge Leganes 1-0 and move seven points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga on Saturday.

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Second-place champions Madrid face Alaves on Sunday and have to play catch-up after Hansi Flick's side scraped their way to a narrow but vital win on the road.

The Catalan giants are fighting for a potential quadruple this season and took another small step towards the league title at Butarque stadium.

Barcelona lost 1-0 at home against Leganes in December during a slump which they have turned around in 2025, now 24 consecutive matches unbeaten since the turn of the year.

The Madrid minnows set up to frustrate as they did in the first meeting, slowing the game with tactical fouls and the occasional spot of time-wasting.

Despite Flick selecting a strong side Barcelona found it hard to create danger and the hosts had the best chance of an ugly first half.

Dani Raba broke free down the left, with Inigo Martinez struggling to keep up, and he teed up Adria Altimira.

Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny made a fine save to thwart the Spaniard, whose shot was too close to the Polish veteran.

At the other end a deflected Jules Kounde effort was batted out by Marko Dmitrovic, who was not tested further in the first half.

Raba lashed a shot narrowly off-target for Borja Jimenez's side and Barcelona took off defender Alejandro Balde before the break as he appeared to be hurt.

Flick sent on Frenkie de Jong for Ronald Araujo at half-time, moving Eric Garcia back into defence, and Barcelona soon took the lead.

With Robert Lewandowski lurking behind him, Saenz deflected Raphinha's low cross into his own net.

With Leganes forced into opening up a little, Barcelona began to threaten more frequently.

Fermin Lopez should have doubled Barcelona's lead after showing tenacity to fight his way into the box, but scuffed his shot wide.

La Liga's top goalscorer Lewandowski directed a header narrowly wide from another searching Raphinha cross, and the otherwise quiet teenage star Lamine Yamal forced a save from Dmitrovic at his near post.

With 20 minutes to go Raba headed home for Leganes but had strayed offside and the goal was disallowed.

Diego Garcia might have levelled but directed a shot wide of Szczesny's far post when well-placed.

In stoppage time former Barca forward Munir El Haddadi broke through on goal for Leganes but was foiled by a superb Martinez tackle which clinched his side's win.

R.Bernasconi--NZN