At the start of the season, many questions were raised over how Barcelona would cope up with the loss of their captain and star player Lionel Messi. The Catalan Giants are performing well after goals from Sergi Roberto and Memphis Depay in the first half puts the team level on points with Real Madrid, Sevilla, and Valencia at the top of the table.
Ronaldo Koeman gave Roberto a chance by putting his name down in the starting XI list the midfielder proved his worth within two minutes after he successfully converted a Jordi Alba cross and put Barcelona ahead early. Getafe leveled the score soon after Carles Alena set up Sandro Ramirez for the leveler at 18th minute. Depay’s answer came 12 minutes after he found the net for the second straight match and gave them a winner