REAL MADRID LEGEND Sergio Ramos’s own goal handed his old enemy Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Sevilla on Friday in La Liga, taking the Catalans top of the table.
Barcelona’s victory helped the Catalans overtake Girona at the top of the table, with their neighbours hosting third-place Real Madrid on Saturday. The coach also moved Ilkay Gundogan back to a holding midfield role alongside Gavi, dropping Oriol Romeu to the bench after he struggled in the Mallorca draw.
Xavi’s experiment with Raphinha was cut short when the Brazilian went down injured and he was replaced by La Masia graduate Fermin Lopez, who rescued Barcelona at Mallorca with a late strike. Eventually it came, from an unlikely source, with Ramos’s inadvertently knocking Yamal’s header back into the danger area past Nyland.