La Liga: Granada 0-3 Barcelona - Player Ratings
Barcelona clinched the La Liga title in fantastic fashion as the hosts, Granada were dominated for most of the game by a robust Barcelona side. The match ended 3-0 with all three goals coming from Luis Suarez, two in the first half itself and one in the second half.
Granada ended the campaign safe from relegation and could breathe a sigh of relief that the loss did not affect their league campaign that much. The match ended with joy all around the Barcelona camp after what has been a fairly stressful campaign owing to the close finish as they win the La Liga by a point.
Let’s have a look at the Player Ratings.
Barcelona
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen – 6/10
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen had a decent game on the night, making a few decent saves but nothing that really stretched him barring a save from Fran Rico in the second half.
Gerard Pique – 6/10
Gerard Pique did well mostly barring the odd occasions when he was stretched on the Granada counters. Overall, he didn’t have to deal with too much trouble. He could’ve opened the scoring with a towering header but for a massive save from the Granada keeper.
Javier Mascherano – 7/10
Javier Mascherano was rock solid and made important interceptions. He allowed Barcelona to build from the back on occasions. He was substituted in the 75th minute for Jeremy Mathieu.
Dani Alves – 7/10
Dani Alves was strutting his usual stuff about as he charged forward with menace pumping in crosses and defended with vigor. His dogged determination was the driving force behind Barcelona’s second goal as he crossed for a thankful Suarez who slotted past the keeper.
Jordi Alba – 7/10
Jordi Alba did really well on the night as he found his way into the final third linking up with Neymar before squaring for a Luis Suarez tap-in to open the scoring. He performed his duties well throughout the game.
Ivan Rakitic– 7/10
Ivan Rakitic seemed to be in fine nick as he often managed to link up play in midfield with panache. He drove forward often and found a forward player with considerable ease. He was substituted off for Arda Turan in the 80th minute.
Sergio Busquets – 7/10
Sergio Busquets had an excellent game as he helped Barcelona completely dominate midfield in this game. He was left wanting on a couple of occasions when Granada counter attacked but eventually recovered the situation with a little help from his teammates.
He was booked for his troubles and substituted late in the game.
Andres Iniesta – 7/10
Andres Iniesta put in a really professional performance as he played his natural game with ease. He linked up well with his forward line ticking play and moving forward whenever possible.
Lionel Messi– 7/10
Lionel Messi was delightful on the evening as he created loads of space for his teammates. He kept Miguel Lopes really busy on the evening and the only thing missing from his performance was a goal or assist.
Neymar – 8/10
Neymar put in a fantastic performance as his link up play was delightful. He was part of almost all of Barcelona’s best moves and could’ve registered more than just the solitary assist for teeing up Luis Suarez’s third.
Luis Suarez– 9/10
Luis Suarez was sublime. He kept troubling Granada’s defense all evening and ran away with the Pichichi on the night after scoring a fantastic hat trick also effectively handing Barcelona the title. He scored his first from Jordi Alba’s square ball and second from Dani Alves’ cross in the first half.
He completed his hat-trick through an unselfish square ball from Neymar.
Substitutes
Jeremy Mathieu – 6/10
Mathieu came on for Javier Mascherano in the 75th minute and defended well to see out the game.
Arda Turan – 6/10
Arda Turan didn’t have much to think over on the evening and was happy to keep the play ticking after coming on for Ivan Rakitic on 80 minutes.
Sergi Roberto- N/A
Sergi Roberto came on in the 88th minute to offer Sergio Busquets some rest.