Barcelona vs. Sevilla: Goals, Highlights from the La Liga Match

After all that had happened in Madrid on Saturday, Barcelona had the opportunity to extend their lead atop La Liga on Sunday evening against Sevilla.

Manager Luis Enrique's men would go eight points clear of Atletico with a victory and 12 points ahead of Real Madrid. It was a golden opportunity to stamp their authority on the Spanish top flight.

Luis Suarez came close to opening the scoring after 12 minutes but saw his shot cannon back off the crossbar after Lionel Messi's corner rebounded off the post.

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Messi hits the post from corner kick, Suarez hits the woodwork with a volley pic.twitter.com/WfrchISbEf

— MessiMetric (@MessiMetric) February 28, 2016"

Sevilla snatched the opener themselves when Vitolo stabbed one home at the back post.

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Así definió Vitolo https://t.co/SQYbKY4uQk

— La Pasión Del Futbol (@pasionfut10) February 28, 2016"

Messi equalised after half an hour with a brilliant free-kick:

Gerard Pique swept in Suarez's cross five minutes after the start of the second half to put Barca in front.

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GOAL PIQUE pic.twitter.com/2TTmxinM4S

— MessiMetric (@MessiMetric) February 28, 2016"

Claudio Bravo kept them there when Kevin Gameiro played through a one-on-one.

Pique's goal was the difference, as Barcelona tightened their grip on the defence of their La Liga crown with a 2-1 win.

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