In the early morning of January 24, Beijing time, in the 22nd round of La Liga, Barca defeated Alaves 1-0 away, unbeaten in the last 6 rounds of the league, and the ranking rose to 5th, 1 point away from the 4th place Atletico. Luc De Jong missed a chance to score, Joselu narrowly headed the ball and François De Jong scored before the finale.
Game highlights
Barca are unbeaten in their last 12 games against Alaves with 10 wins and 2 draws, their last 10 away games against Alaves are 8 wins and 2 draws, and 9 games are kept clean sheets.
Franki de Jong scored his second league goal of the season and Ferran Torres delivered his first assist since joining Barca.
Wonderful review
In the league away to Alaves, Barca won 16 games, 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, and the goal conceded was 32 to 13. Deste, Francie De Jong and Luc De Jong rotated, Pedri started consecutively and Ansu Fati was absent due to injury.
In the 14th minute, Pedri picked out a pass from the top and Luc De Jong's volley was deflected wide.
On 27 minutes, Pedri's cross from the right corner was met by Pique's header that was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
On 32 minutes, Pedri crossed diagonally and Ferran Torres' shot from the edge of the box went high above the line.
On 45 minutes, Rioja's right wing was blocked, Bunce burst into the box and fired a diagonal shot, and Ter Stegen confiscated the ball steadily.
In the 52nd minute, Joselu's cross from the left flank was met by Bunce's heel in front of goal that missed the right spot.
On 62 minutes, Pedri went straight, Luc De Jong formed a single knife, and his foot was too slow to be destroyed by Martin AguireJaviria's back tackle, and the referee signaled the Dutchman to offside.
In the 63rd minute, Pedri's diagonal free-kick from the right was blocked by the goalkeeper in front of Luc De Jong's small penalty area, Pique's shot was not kicked, and Barca missed a good opportunity to score.
In the 77th minute, Hasson's cross from the right was deflected wide of Jose lu's header from the edge of the penalty area.
In the 87th minute, Alva crossed the ball over the top, and Felan Torres, who was plugged in, crossed the middle in time and Franki De Jong pushed the goal to make it 1-0.
Home coach Delivar was expelled from the referee with a red card.
Score
De Jong was the best in the game, and Pique scored high.
Statistics
Appearances line-up
Alaves (4-5-1): Pacheco; Martin Aguirejaviria, LaGuardia, Lejena, Javier López; Hasson, Escalante, Pina (88' Tony Moya), Bunce (72' de la Fuente), Rioja (91' Edgar Mendes); Joselu
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen, Dester, Pique, Araujo, Alva, Franchi de Jong, Busquets, Pedri (90'Langley); Ferran Torres, Luc De Jong, Abde (71' Nico Gonzalez)