Barcelona returned with a huge victory from Villarreal 4-1 in the 34th stage of the Spanish League, and achieved a number of gains, including not moving away from the leaders Real Madrid and extinguishing the crises that erupted recently with the decline of the team's results.
Argentine star Lionel Messi was the evening champion, although he did not count a goal, as he awarded two decisive passes and led Barcelona to regain the tone of victories after the tie in the last stage with Atletico Madrid.
The Catalan club settled the match in its first run, as it advanced 3-1 to its host with merit, and squandered several opportunities that were able to double this result.
The first goal of the match came through friendly fire as Villarreal defender Pau Torres accidentally scored his team's goal. The Uruguayan Luis Suarez and the French Antoine Griezmann added the other two goals in the 20 and 45 minutes, knowing that Messi was the one who made the two goals.
On the other hand, the only goal for the hosts came in the first half by Gerard Moreno in the 14th minute.
In the second half, the referee canceled Messi's goal for offside, but substitute teammate Anso Fati scored the team's fourth goal in the 86th minute.
Barcelona raised its score to 73 points in second place, four points behind rivals Real Madrid, and Villarreal's "submarine" balance stood at 54 points in fifth place.
The win would relieve pressure on coach Kiki Sittin, who faced many criticism in the recent period because of the decline in the performance of the Catalan club, as the face of Villarreal was an opportunity to restore Griezmann's confidence after his marginalization during the previous games.
The Catalan club house has witnessed successive crises in the last period, the most recent of which was the Spanish newspapers ’talk about Messi's freezing of negotiations to extend his contract with the team as an expression of his dissatisfaction with what is happening inside the team.