Nigeria international winger Samuel Chukwueze ended on the losing side with Villarreal despite scoring from an almost impossible angle against Barcelona.
Chukwueze ran onto a defence splitting pass from Pau Torres and went round Ter Stegen with ease before slotting home the opening goal from a very tight angle.
That lead lasted for just two minutes as Antoine Griezmann scored twice in eight minutes to put Barcelona 2-1 up heading into the half time break. A lead they protected till full time.
A red card to Manu Trigueros in the 65th minute made it difficult for Villarreal to mount any sort of late comeback to snatch something from the game.
On a personal note, the goal took Chukwueze’s goal count to four for the season, one less than his best scoring season where he scored five goals two seasons ago.