FC Barcelona vs. Numancia 4:1 24.01.09 Highlights goals by Messi Henry Etoo

Barça took 3 points tonight from Numància, the only team to have beaten them in the league, with yet another goal spree. Messi (2), Henry and Etoo were the scorers, and Barça start the 2ond stage of the league as they ended the first: scoring goals. On a cold windy night, the first half was frustrating for Barça, who seemed to be the only team playing for a win. The blaugranes seemed to be up against a solid defence, and Numáncia were looking to repeat the result in Los Pajaritos. But their dream became shattered early on in the second half when Messi and Etoo quickly made it 2-0 With the scoreline against them, Numancia launched themselves into attack, and they managed to reduce the gap with a goal from Barkero. But they soon paid the price, with Barça enjoying so much resulting space up front, Henry and Messi got two more. With Barça getting three points from every game, they now have 53, fifteen more than Real Madrid and Sevilla, who play on Sunday. Against an 11-man defence Numancia played tonights game differently to back in August. Kresic chose an ultra-defensive 4-1-4-1, with all players in their own half, and Barça mounted attack after attack but were unable to find space. Barça were lacking in a certain pace to crack the defence, and when Gorinsa had a goal disallowed ion the 17th minute, they found it. Constant attack. From then on in, we saw a more familiar Barça. Efforts from Xavi (min 21) Piqué (min 26) and a shot each from Messi, Xavi and Touré (min 33) all …