It was 26th of October 2022 when Barcelona recorded their last defeat in all competitions. It was the night when they lost to Bayern Munich 3-0 in the Champions League. Since then, Xavi managed to turn it around and tonight he extended his streak of consecutive games without a defeat to 11, when Barcelona recorded a pale win over relegation struggles Getafe 1-0.44 – After 17 games played in @LaLigaEn, @FCBarcelona 🔵🔴 have won 44 points, their highest tally at this stage of the competition since 2017/18 (45 – 1st at the end of the season). Trust. pic.twitter.com/gP1tWcpB6Z— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 22, 2023 Make no mistake, Barcelona was a better team in all phases of the game and deserved the win, but Getafe had three shots on target, two of which were excellent chances, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen had to save his team from the embarrassing draw against inferior opposition. For the Catalans, this win will go the ‘we won it, let’s forget this game’ drawer as they extend (shortly) their lead over Real Madrid to six points.Culers! This one’s for you! pic.twitter.com/qG84qhtf5e— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 22, 2023 Barcelona have been in sensational form at Camp Nou this season, winning six of their La Liga outings, drawing the other two and conceding just one goal and they did it again today. Before the very start, the Catalans took the opportunity to lift their first silverware in the Xavi era – A Spanish Super Cup won in Saudi Arabia over Real (3-1) and president Laporta also celebrated Busquet’s 700 game for Barca.The home team started strongly, but Getafe defended with five at the back and the chances were hard to come by, and when they did, nobody converted them to goals, except Pedri. He scored the winner in the 35th minute after a Raphinha’s cross and surprisingly, it was the only goal at Nou Kamp. Ansu Fati played from the start but missed a cupple of chances, Raphinha also got the nod, but failed to show himself and was subbed, Dembele was the most dangerous up front, but didn’t score…it was tough for Barca without the suspended Lewandowski. And Getafe failed to punish that as they had Mayoral’s one on one with Ter Stegen and Latasa’s header all saved by the German.LA LIGAFridayReal Mallorca – Celta Vigo 1-0 (0-0)/Rodriguez 59/SaturdayRayo Vallecano – Real Sociedad 0-2 (0-2)/Sorloth 15, Barrenetxea 36/Espanyol – Betis 1-0 (1-0)/Braithwaite 43/Atletico Madrid – Valladolid 3-0 (3-0)/Morata 18, Griezmann 23, Hermoso 28/Sevilla – Cadiz 1-0 (0-0)/Rakitic 88 pen/SundayVillareal – Girona 1-1 (0-1)/Carmona 67 – Avila 20/Elche – Osasuna 1-0 (0-0)/Parejo 90+11/Barcelona – Getafe 1-0 (1-0)/Pedri 35/23.00: (2.95) Ath.Bilbao (3.30) Real Madrid (2.45)Monday23.00: (1.63) Valencia (3.80) Almeria (5.70)***odds are subject to change
