KATHMANDU
(Agency), Barcelona, in the ongoing Spanish La Liga title race, beat Espanyol
1-0 on Wednesday night. Luis Suarez scored the decisive goal for Barcelona in
the 56th minute. He is the third highest scoring player for Barcelona. He has
scored 195 goals for Barcelona so far.
Cesar Rodriguez (232 goals) is the second highest scorer and Lionel Messi (630
goals) is the top scorer.
Espanyol are in relegation after losing to Barcelona on Wednesday. He is in the
20th position of the table and could add only 24 points with three games to go.
When one player of each team got a red card in the game, both teams were
limited to 10-10 players. Barcelona's Ansu Fati was shown a red card in the
50th minute. Three minutes later, Lazano of Espanyol also received a red card.
Both were given red cards by video-assisted referees.
Barcelona, who are second in the table with the win, have closed the gap on
top-placed Real Madrid to one point. Barcelona added 76 points from 35 games,
while Real, who played one game less, added 77 points. In order for Barcelona
to win the title, Real will have to lose points in two of the remaining four
games, while Barcelona will have to win the remaining three games. For Real,
three wins are enough.
