After the 3-0 defeat of Elche at Camp Nou Barcelona can now look back at the Cadiz draw with no hard feeling in the fixture of La Liga. Lionel Mess, the73rd minute strike from Jordi Alba were enough to seal the three points their way and gain a leg up against their rivals in La Liga, Barça claimed its third place back from Sevilla and are two points in the clear but they enjoy a game in hand. Ronald Koeman later shared the team was far more dominating in the second half than the first and they even had more depth on field later on.
Miralem Pjanic was snubbed out as well after spending 45 minutes on-field and Koeman shared he needs to work on his positioning and Ousmane Dembele could offer more depth during the game and hence the substitution which worked out well for Barca.