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Neymar scores ludicrous goal for Barcelona against Villarreal

He has scored a league leading 11 goals and 13 in all competitions.

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“When we defend well, we have many more chances to score a goal and apply pressure”. “It’s at grounds like this that leagues are won”.

Barca lead the table with 27 points from 11 games, three more than Real while Atletico are on 23 points. While Barcelona have always had Messi when he’s healthy and Arda will provide much needed depth in the midfield, the addition of Aleix Vidal should transform the squad into something never before seen in the Catalan capital.

A possible turning point of the match came four minutes later, when Gerard Pique tripped an onrushing Denis Suarez and could have been adjudged last man-Villarreal players protested, but Mr. Shakira only saw a yellow card brandished, not the red. But the goal cost him and his team dearly as he re-injured his left shoulder on falling after the strike. He tried to continue but was replaced by Raphael Varane in the 31st. James Rodriguez scored a consolation in injury time.

Real, suffering its first defeat of the season, conceded further goals from Ever Banega and Fernando Llorente after the break.

In a game where Barcelona‘s players were uncharacteristically angry (especially so considering it wasn’t against Madrid) there were all sorts of players in red and blue losing their heads.

Villarreal neutralized Barcelona’s superior possession in the first half, and its patience nearly paid off when forward Samuel Castillejo tested Claudio Bravo seconds before halftime.

Areola then denied Andres Iniesta with a low stop from 10 yards, but could do nothing about Barca’s second as Suarez sent him the wrong way from the spot after Munir El Haddadi was taken out by Jaume Costa.

Rather more bizarrely, Borja picked up the award this month for scoring three goals in three games, compared to Messi’s Barcelona team-mate Luis Suarez who managed to score the same number against Eibar in October along with two other goals that month.

“I thought about the move [that led to his second goal] in advance and it came off”, Neymar said (via 90min.com). In the absence of the best player in the world (Lionel Messi), and at a time when the reigning Federation Internationale de Football Association Ballon d’Or victor (Ronaldo) seems mortal, it is Neymar whose star is shining brightest.

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Barcelona are top of La Liga and face bitter rivals Real Madrid in El Clasico on Sunday 22nd November (Australian time).

Brazilian soccer star Neymar scored two goals in FC Barcelona's 3-0 victory over Villarreal on Sunday. His second marker which capped the scoring was a work of art