Late Messi penalty sees Barcelona end Real Sociedad resistance

Barça return to the top of La Liga after VAR breaks Basque hearts at the Nou Camp

Real Madrid go top as Zidane finally gets Bernabéu win over Barca

Zinedine Zidane wins his first match as manager against Catalans at Bernabéu

Barcelona made to work hard for Getafe win

Champions made to sweat for all three points by the impressive visitors

Valencia end Quique Setien’s Barcelona honeymoon

Marc-Andre Ter Stegen’s heroics not enough as Maxi Gomez seals the seal at Mestalla

Barcelona end 2019 top of La Liga as front three blitz Alaves

Catalan club extended their unbeaten league run to seven matches with comfortable win

Griezmann bags brace as Barca bounce back against Real Betis

Summer signing inspires comeback after Nabil Fekir’s early opener at the Nou Camp

Athletic Bilbao consign Barcelona to first day defeat

Aritz Aduriz scores stunning late bicycle kick to crash Griezmann and De Jong’s debuts

Lionel Messi admits Liverpool loss ‘has spoilt a little the year’

Barcelona look to finish the season on a high with fifth straight Copa del Rey title

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s ‘genius moment’ summed up Liverpool

Defender’s quick-thinking and effort encapsulated Klopp’s side

Barcelona goalkeeper says one goal lead ‘not enough to defend’

‘The good thing is that we play differently to PSG but they are really dangerous

Scrappy Barcelona squeeze win from Old Trafford trip

Catalans far from their best but hard-working United fail to have a shot on target

Messi’s derby double secures win and a 10th straight 40-goal season

Ernesto Valverde’s side go 13 points clear at the top of La Liga

Barcelona restore seven-point La Liga lead after comeback win

Rayo Vallecano took the lead through on-loan Real Madrid striker Raul De Tomas

Ivan Rakitic secures Barcelona another El Clasico victory

Catalans now 12 points clear of Real Madrid after second Bernabeu win of the week

Barcelona set down marker as they raid Bernabeu in Copa del Rey

Victory in second leg of semi-final comes three days before league meeting

Lionel Messi scores for eighth straight game as Barcelona triumph

Girona battled hard with 10 men before Argentine star scored his side’s second goal

Lucas Moura completes mission impossible as Spurs qualify for last 16

Mauricio Pochettino’s side earn draw against understrength Barcelona at the Nou Camp

Barcelona enjoy convincing win over Inter Milan without Messi

Round-up: Di Maria’s late equaliser denies Napoli in Paris; Borussia Dortmund put four past Atletico

Spurs bewitched as Lionel Messi casts another magical spell over Wembley

Barcelona’s star man shows off his full portfolio of skills in London

Barcelona narrowly avoid another defeat

Messi comes off the bench to help rescue a draw against Bilbao

Barcelona ride their luck to sink Real Sociedad

Goals from Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele keep up perfect start to season

Barcelona off to a winning start against Alaves

Lionel Messi scores brace as champions begin title defence in fine style at Nou Camp

Neuer included in Germany squad but no place for Götze

Löw will continue in his role as Germany coach until 2022

Barcelona’s unbeaten season halted by little Levante

Coutinho’s hat-trick not enough as Catalans fall short of perfection at penultimate stage

Barcelona stay unbeaten as Iniesta plays final El Clásico

Cristiano Ronaldo scores but is forced off as Real Madrid come from behind twice

Why has Barcelona’s unbeaten double been so low-key?

Ernesto Valverde’s side failed in Europe but domestically have been very impressive

Barcelona sweep past Roma to put one foot in the last four

Lionel Messi kept quiet but Giallorossi left to rue two own goals

Barcelona’s Messi severely punishes Chelsea’s one mistake

Andreas Christensen’s howler is punished at Stamford Bridge

Barcelona ease past Eibar and set their sights on Stamford Bridge

Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba netted for the visitors as they moved further ahead at the top

Barcelona keep winning as Coutinho watches his new team

Playmaker will be unveiled on Monday, after Catalans extended lead at top of La Liga

Barca boss Valverde insists title race is not over after Clasico cruise

‘We do not think about that, just to keep picking up points and moving forward’

Barcelona cruise to El Clasico win to extend gap at top further

Catalan club take their chances as Suarez and Messi both among goals at Bernabeu

Luis Suarez denies Atletico a first league win over Barca in seven years

Uruguayan striker brings goal-scoring form back from international break

Messi magic inspires Barcelona revenge mission against Juventus

Champions League round-up: Roma and Atleti draw a blank

Lionel Messi enjoys another Barcelona milestone with double

Star forward has now scored 351 La Liga goals for the club

Real Madrid again show up serious cracks in Barcelona

Marco Asensio scores another stunner as Real take Supercopa title

Germany cruise into semi-finals despite VAR controversy

Referee sent off wrong player before checking footage again and correcting decision

Barcelona slip up as Neymar sees red

Barcelona fail to take advantage after Real Madrid held earlier in the day

Juventus slice through Barcelona as Catalans crumble again

The Italians made light work of Luis Enrique’s side in their quarter-final

Dele Alli fills Wayne Rooney void as England’s number 10

Whatever the occasion Alli looked a compelling footballer at times in Signal Park

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