Published 08:22 IST, December 17th 2020
Alba leads Barcelona to 2-1 comeback win over Sociedad
Barcelona defender Jordi Alba scored one goal and set up another to spark a 2-1 comeback victory over Real Sociedad, depriving the Basque Country side of the Spanish league lead on Wednesday.
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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.
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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.
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Atlético has three games in hand, Barcelona two, and Mrid one, in respect to Socied.
(Im Courtesy: AP)
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08:22 IST, December 17th 2020