Football - La Liga Santander - Villarreal v FC Barcelona - Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal, Spain - April 25, 2021. Villarreal's Paco Alcacer in action with Barcelona's Jordi Alba and Oscar Mingueza. [REUTERS/Pablo Morano]An Antoine Griezmann double fired Barcelona to a 2-1 win at Villarreal on Sunday as they stayed on the heels of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid. Nigerian forward Samuel Chukwueze gave Villarreal the lead in the 27th minute but Griezmann responded immediately down the other end with a coolly taken chip before pouncing on a defensive slip to put Barca in front in the 35th. Villarreal put the Catalans under renewed pressure in the second half were reduced to 10 men in the 65th minute when Manu Trigueros was given a straight red card for a crunching tackle on Lionel Messi.

Source: Standard Digital April 25, 2021 16:18 UTC