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Re: Barcelona - NouCamp Faithful
Barcelona 2 - 1 Villarreal : Barcelona bounce back but Messi limps off
Barcelona secured a much-needed 2-1 home victory over Villarreal in La Liga on Tuesday, racing to a two-goal lead inside 15 minutes before hanging on after Santi Cazorla halved the deficit on the stroke of halftime.
Antoine Griezmann headed Barcelona in front after six minutes, darting in at the near post to meet a Lionel Messi corner.
Brazilian Arthur doubled the lead with a spectacular strike from distance as it appeared the Catalans would put their recent troubles away from home behind them, having lost to promoted Granada at the weekend.
However, Barca's tempo dropped when Messi had to leave the field for treatment on the half-hour and they were perhaps distracted by their talisman's injury problem when they were pegged back just before the interval.
Cazorla's long-range effort left home keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen red-faced as he misjudged the swerving shot to allow the visitors back into the game.
(excerpt from ESPN Soccernet)
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