Barcelona defeated Celta Vigo 1-2 in an agonizing and controversial manner with a double from Robert Lewandowski, who missed a last-minute penalty, but had a second chance when he repeated himself for the culé victory on Matchday 25 of LaLiga.
Xavi Hernández’s team came to the duel in Balaídos after drawing 3-3 against Granada last date and with only two victories in the last five games.
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring before ending the first half with a powerful shot that beat Vicente Guaita in the 45th minute.
The Pole scored for the third consecutive game after a drought of six games, and with his double he reached 50 goals since he arrived at the culé club to surpass the mark of David Villa (48) and Thierry Henry (49).
Barça’s pleasure didn’t last long, because at the start of the second half they tied it up thanks to the terrible mark of the defense that left Iago Aspas free, who took a shot that Jules Koundé deflected and entered the Blaugrana nets at 47′.
It is the eleventh goal that Aspas has scored against Barcelona, only Sevilla has scored more goals, 12 in total.
The controversy came at the end of the game with a penalty caused by Lamine Yamal that Lewandowski took and missed, but the referee decided to repeat the penalty considering that Guaita had gone ahead of his goal.
The Pole had his revenge and this time he made no mistake to give Barça the victory and reach 17 goals in 33 games of the season.
The controversy is that the second penalty also had to be repeated because, at the time of Lewandowski’s penalty, a Barcelona player, Raphinha, invaded the six-yard box.
With the victory in Balaídos, Barcelona reached 54 points in third place to be seven points behind Real Madrid and two behind Girona, who can increase their distance if they win their matches on Matchday 25 against Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Club. respectively.