Three talking points from Barcelona 1-0 Celta Vigo as Lamine Yamal suffers injury scoring winner

(Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) | Getty Images After the disappointment of exiting the Champions League at the quarter-final stage, it was back to placing full focus on La Liga. Real Madrid’s narrow win over Alaves meant that the Catalans had to get the three points against Celta if they wanted to retain a nine-point lead over Los Blancos. Seven consecutive league wins, and all 16 home games won this season, is the form that Barca took into the game, whilst Celta had lost four of their last five fixtures in all competitions.

With Barca unbeaten in the last five head-to-heads against the Galicians, they had the chance to win five consecutive matches against them at Camp Nou for the first time since 1993. Let’s take a look at three talking points from the game… Barca win overshadowed by Yamal injury It was a tough night for Lamine Yamal when all was said and done. Almost scoring in the first 20 seconds, he was at the forefront of each Barca attack before his untimely substitution.

A penalty won thanks to a burst of pace, and scored with aplomb, was just one of plenty of good things to digest from his performance. The bad element of his night came as soon as he signalled to be subbed off . When a player does that, you know that there’s a big problem afoot.

Barca now face an anxious wait to see how much time Yamal will miss and will be grateful that his goal ensured their nine-point lead was restored. Injuries will test Barca’s strength in depth With the losses of both Joao Cancelo and Lamine at what is a crucial stage of the season, any length of time spent out of the side is going to test just how much depth Barca genuinely has in their squad. There will certainly be tougher tests than Celta to come, so retaining the nine-point gap ahead of Real Madrid was a necessity on the night.