00:00Now for left back Carlos Romero, he's the top scoring defender in the division.
00:04Roberto Fernández leads the line tonight, but Pere MÃa.
00:07As Rashford comes into the side at the expense of FermÃn López, we are expecting Rafinha to start at number 10.
00:15But the last pass is very well defended by Espanyol.
00:19I think that Calero and Messi this ball.
00:23The ball is a good one, it's found Roberto, who's through on goal.
00:28Juan Garcia with the initial save, he's come out.
00:31And just about scrambled clear.
00:34Flag has stayed down, by the way.
00:36Yeah, it's a heavy clash.
00:38This is a great ball. Let's see the position of Roberto.
00:43That's very, very tight.
00:44Possibly Valde playing it on, and then because of his right foot, he was very well defended by Kubarci.
00:50And, well, he didn't have the time to turn his body and put the ball into a corner.
00:58Good save from Juan.
01:01And then here, that was going to the ball, and then Gerrard just got in front of him.
01:07And Romero...
01:08Back to Exposito.
01:15Looking for Romero and finding him.
01:18Lovely ball in.
01:19What a save that is from Juan Garcia.
01:21Espanyol did well.
01:24They wait for the right moment to put the ball to Carlos Romero.
01:27Fantastic anticipation of Peramilla, who is very good with his feet, but he's always getting into the finishing.
01:33He's got a fantastic finish, and what a save.
01:36Taken by Exposito, and again, good contact from Cabrera, who's gone down, clutching his head.
01:50We'll see if either player comes out for the second half.
01:55We're into five minutes of stoppage time at the end of this first half.
01:57If you take what happened in the first half, Barsana are tackling it.
02:14He probably can't do the repetitive, high-intensity sprints that Roberto does.
02:19He's so good at that.
02:21Roberto Fernandez.
02:22But there is the halftime whistle at the RCDE Stadium.
02:26It has been tight.
02:27It's Juan Garcia with two saves, one of them absolutely extraordinary to keep Espanyol at bay.
02:34Barca will have to improve in the second half.
02:38And Juan Garcia now in front of the most vociferous Espanyol fans.
02:46Let's put it like that, behind that goal to your left.
02:49There's a corner to Barcelona.
02:51It's allowed to bounce.
03:01It's allowed to bounce.
03:01Dimitrovic with the save to deny Koundé.
03:03And found its way to Jules Koundé at the back post.
03:08It could have been cleared.
03:09But it wasn't.
03:11And Dimitrovic called into action for the first time.
03:14It's strange to see Espanyol conceding chances in set pieces.
03:18The first one, it wasn't a set piece.
03:20But very easy for Frenkie de Jong from a natural position, isn't it?
03:24It seemed pretty natural, yeah.
03:26Oh, here's Roberto.
03:27He might be through here.
03:28Roberto Fernandez, can he get the shot away?
03:30And Amilla was calling for it.
03:33Tyrese Dolan was calling for it.
03:38Oh, but Lewandowski has replaced Ferran Torres.
03:42And Dani Olmo has replaced.
03:47On comes Pedri as well.
03:49So a triple substitution.
03:56Team towards Cabrera again.
03:58And they found him.
04:00And he's found Roberto, who's hooked it back.
04:04Koundé with the clearance.
04:07Very simple.
04:08A long ball to the foul post.
04:12Completely alone, the header of Cabrera.
04:20Here is Roberto.
04:21Can he get the shot away?
04:22Another save from Joan Garcia.
04:24Got down really quickly to the near post.
04:31Roberto connected well with this shot.
04:34In by Fermin, looking for Eric.
04:44It's come off ahead of someone.
04:46Oh.
04:48That has been a save.
04:49It's a save by Dimitrovic.
04:52What a save.
04:53Some extremely brave goalkeeping here.
04:55Fantastic save.
04:59This is another incredible step.
05:05Here is Joffre Cabrera's terrific ball across the penalty area.
05:09Here's Romero.
05:11That looked like it was curling into the far post, but for Joan Garcia.
05:19And what is turning in to be an extremely memorable night for Joan Garcia, for the right reasons.
05:25This was always going to be a night that he would never forget his return to Espanyol.
05:31Here is Fermin, and he's found Olmo.
05:40What a goal that is.
05:43Dani Olmo with an extraordinary finish.
05:48Right on time.
05:51Olmo off the bench, onto the score sheet.
05:54Listen, Phil, this is one of the players that just need three or four balls to create magic.
06:09We saw the first pass to Fermin earlier on, and now at the moment that he received the ball wide open,
06:16first touch finish for Dani Olmo, so fantastic.
06:20We said that he could make the difference.
06:22He hasn't been receiving a lot of balls, but when he does, in that area, he's always producing.
06:28So fantastic turn from Fermin.
06:32Very quickly, very direct, as he is.
06:36And then he's a good pass to Olmo.
06:39And the touch is unbelievable.
06:40They left it late here at the RCDE Stadium.
06:46Faded away.
06:50Here's Lamine.
06:52And he was going for goal.
06:55Didn't get that right at all.
06:56Lamine, you know.
06:58He's doing most of the things that he's done, he's done right, but in this one, I think...
07:03He was looking for a pass.
07:04It was more than really having a shot on goal.
07:08Nice he done by Kike Garcia.
07:09Here's Romero.
07:16Pedri back defending.
07:19Doing so excellently.
07:20The amount of balls that he recovers, isn't it?
07:26They had their chances, Espanol.
07:28They really, really should have found the back of the net in this game.
07:41It's Fermin to chase.
07:42And still Fermin.
07:46And he gets past El Hilali and pulls it back.
07:49And it's found its way in the back of the net.
07:53What a piece of play that is from Fermin Lopez.
07:56He's made that goal all by himself.
07:59Barcelona march on.
08:05A ninth consecutive league victory for the champions.
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