Barcelona won the match thanks to a penalty in injury time

Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Mallorca and Girona's 4-3 win over Atletico Madrid widened Barcelona's lead at the top of the table to 10 points. Xavi's side must win at Las Palmas to close the gap to seven points after the first leg of La Liga 2023-24.

Bringing the determination to win to Estadio de Gran Canaria, however, Barcelona was soon "drenched" by the home team. In the 12th minute, Ramirez passed the ball from the right wing for Munir El Haddadi to dive down and score from about 6 meters away, the Las Palmas striker was one step faster than goalkeeper Pena.

Munir El Haddadi celebrates after scoring against Barcelona (Photo: Getty).

Barcelona were unable to fight back after being behind, the visitors only had a few harmless shots in the first half. Xavi's team played worse than Las Palmas in the first half, but after the break, luck smiled on Barcelona.

In the 52nd minute, a chaotic situation occurred at the edge of the Las Palmas penalty area. The home team players could not clear the ball away. Torres quickly took a shot from the edge of the penalty area. The ball did not go too hard, but goalkeeper Valles still let the ball slip through the net.

Barcelona managed to relieve the pressure by finding the equalizer and played a sharp attack unlike the first half. The visitors dominated the home team in the second half. However, despite having almost three times as many shots as in the first half, it was not until injury time that Barcelona got their second goal.

In the 90+1 minute, the referee judged that Sinkgraven had pushed Gundogan down when the German midfielder tried to head the ball near the left post, the home team's goal was empty. Barcelona received a penalty and Sinkgraven received a red card. On the 11m mark, Gundogan scored to make it 2-1.

Gundogan took a penalty in injury time (Photo: Getty).

Barcelona players celebrate a late goal (Photo: Getty).

Barcelona could have won by a bigger margin if Roque hadn't been so unlucky in the 6th minute of stoppage time. Barcelona launched a quick counter-attack, Roque shot from about 7 meters away, with an open goal in front of him, but he sent the ball wide. However, the 2-1 score was enough for Barcelona to take all 3 points.

After round 19 of La Liga, Barcelona has 41 points, ranking 3rd on the rankings, 7 points behind the leading team Real Madrid.

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