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Barcelona 1 - 0 Valencia : Barca maintained 100% La Liga record

Barcelona retained the only 100 per cent record in Spain's Primera Division with a fine strike by Adriano sinking struggling Valencia 1-0.

Barca, beaten by rivals Real Madrid in the Supercopa, could have beaten Manuel Pellegrino's side by more goals had Cesc Fabregas not failed to take two good chances.

Tito Vilanova almost saw his side pay for those missed chances as Roberto Soldado and Victor Ruiz both went close, the latter also having a goal disallowed for offside.

Barcelona had the first chance but when Pedro cut in from the right after eight minutes his left-footed shot was straight at Diego Alves.

But the home side were nearly caught out a couple of minutes later when Soldado curled his shot just wide after bringing down a lofted through ball.

Gerard Pique was booked after his arm caught Jonas on the back of the head as they both challenged for a high ball.

An unmarked Lionel Messi got an effort on target when Dani Alves swung the ball in from the right but Diego Alves was able to push the ball away.

Barcelona took the lead 22 minutes in when Adriano cut in from the left, following a short corner which was played to Lionel Messi, and fired a right foot shot across goal and into the top right corner.

(excerpt from ESPN Soccernet)