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Monday, January 07, 2019
MADRID (Reuters)
Lionel Messi scored his seventh goal in the last four games of Primera Liga, leading Barcelona to a 2-1 win over host Getafe on Sunday and increasing his lead to five points.
Messi gave the advantage to the Catalans in the 20th minute from a difficult angle after goalkeeper David Syria saved his first shot.
Luis Suarez doubled Barca's lead in the 39th minute with a spectacular direct shot off the penalty area, but Getafe reduced the gap to two minutes from the end of the first period thanks to Jaime Mata up close as a result of a spectacular attack.
The Barca, who has won the title in seven of the past ten seasons, scored 40 points in 18 games, five more than Atletico Madrid, who drew 1-1 with the third, Sevilla, on Sunday. .
The Barca are 10 points ahead of Real, who suffered a surprise defeat 2-0 at Real Sociedad.
Mata, whose goal and result were postponed without the goal of his team-mate Angel Rodriguez against a defender from Barcelona, missed a chance in the second half when goalkeeper Marc-André Terre Stégien withdrew the ball to throw him off the pitch .
Terje Steigen saved a header by Leonardo Cabrera, while Syria kept several chances in Barcelona, including Messi and French defender Clemento Lenglé.
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