SEVILLE, Spain: Barcelona forwards Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi fired the Catalans to a confidence-boosting 2-0 win at in-form Sevilla on Saturday to keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.
The result ended a six-game winning streak in the league for Sevilla, who remained fourth in the standings on 48 points, while Barca climbed above Real Madrid into second place with 53 points, two behind Atletico but having played two more games. Barca defender Gerard Pique praised his side for putting their 4-1 Champions League drubbing by Paris St Germain and a shock 1-1 draw with Cadiz behind them."I'm so proud of the team, we have had some big setbacks recently but we have bounced back and today we showed that we're still very much alive," he said.
The shape gave Barca extra width but above all helped limit Sevilla's ability to counter-attack and they barely managed to trouble keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen."The most important thing today was our ambition, our fighting spirit and the we pressed as an entire team. We had the mentality to press them for 95 minutes, and that was the key thing."
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