Barca teenager Guiu scores on debut to sink Bilbao

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17-year-old forward Marc Guiu scored the only goal of the game just 23 seconds after entering for his debut, giving FC Barcelona a 1-0 win at home against Athletic Bilbao.

Guiu received a pass from Joao Felix, and although Athletic goalkeeper Unai Simon got a hand to his shot, it wasn’t enough to stop the ball from finding the net.

Both Simon and Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen made several excellent saves in the game, which saw Athletic lose Ander Herrera through injury in the pre-game warmup and defender Yuri Berchiche after just 20 minutes.

Felix hit the bar for Barca in the first half, while Ter Stegen produced two excellent saves to deny goals for Inaki Williams and Nico Williams at the other end.

The result leaves Barcelona a point behind Real Madrid ahead of next Saturday’s ‘Clasico’.

Real Madrid remains the leader despite being held to a 1-1 draw away to Sevilla in a thrilling game which saw Sergio Ramos play against Madrid for the first time since he left them for Sevilla as a 19-year-old in 2005.

The veteran gave a full-blooded display and was unlucky not to score the winning goal as Madrid goalkeeper Kepa produced a flying save to tip away his injury-time header.

Sevilla opened the scoring in the 73rd minute when Youssef En-Nesyri’s header deflected home off David Alaba, but Real Madrid leveled the score soon afterwards with Dani Carvajal scoring a rare headed goal.

Girona remains second and is level on points with Real Madrid after another attacking display of football to beat bottom side Almeria 5-2.