Nervy Barca cling on to beat Celta and top La Liga

AFP, Barcelona :
Pedri’s goal helped Barcelona earn an agonising 1-0 win over Celta Vigo to move back top of La Liga on Sunday.
After Real Madrid beat Getafe, Barcelona knew they had to beat the Galicians to head into next Sunday’s Clasico as league leaders, but Celta did not make it easy for them.
With Barcelona clutching a narrow advantage, the visitors came close to an equaliser at Camp Nou and Marc-Andre ter Stegen earned a sixth consecutive domestic clean sheet with a brilliant save from Iago Aspas late on.
Goncalo Paciencia hit the post in stoppage time with the Catalans on the ropes, begging for the whistle.
“We had a great second half, with four, or five, or six clear chances, but if you don’t score at Camp Nou then it’s normal that you lose,” Aspas told DAZN. “They ended up wasting time on throw-ins.”
It was the kind of performance which does not bode well for Barcelona’s crucial Champions League clash with Inter Milan on Wednesday.
“Playing like we did in the second half it will be very hard (to beat Inter), but in the first half yes, we have to maintain that level,” said Barca coach Xavi Hernandez.
“Today we had the luck of having a great goalkeeper, but we have to improve, we have to be self-critical.”