Alba leads Barcelona to 2-1 comeback win over Sociedad

Barcelona defender Jordi Alba scored one goal and set up ar to spark a 2-1 comeback victory over Real Socied, depriving Basque Country side of Spanish league le on Wednesday.

Alba canceled out Willian José's opener by curling in a strike in 32nd minute. left-back n helped hosts take le a minute before halftime when he crossed for Frenkie de Jong to score.

result shuffled order of Socied, Atlético Mrid and Real Mrid, all level on points at top of table and separated only by goal difference. Atlético is w in first place, Socied in second, and Mrid in third.

win by Barcelona boosted its chances of joining tightly-contest title race. Lionel Messi’s team climbed into fifth place, six points rift front-runners.

Atlético has three games in hand, Barcelona two, and Mrid one, in respect to Socied.

(Im Courtesy: AP)