Barcelona vs Athletic Club Player Ratings: The Catalan team moved to within one point of Real Madrid in the La Liga points table after a narrow 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao.
Barcelona faced Athletic Bilbao in La Liga in their first match after the October international break. A goal from substitute and debutant Marc Guiu sealed the three points for Barcelona.
The victory takes Barcelona’s tally to 24 points from 10 games in La Liga so far this season. They are now just one point behind leaders Real Madrid, who dropped points against Sevilla after a 1-1 draw.
Here are the ratings of Barcelona’s players against Athletic Club in their most recent match in the Spanish top flight.
Ratings of the Barcelona vs Athletic Club players
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Marc-Andre ter Stegen – 7 – Made several saves and kept another clean sheet as Barcelona earned all three points from the match.
Joao Cancelo – 7 – Another impressive performance from the Portuguese international, who arrived in Barcelona in the summer on a season-long loan from Manchester City.
Íñigo Martínez – 6 – A decent performance from the 32-year-old centre-back. Featured throughout the game.
Andreas Christensen – 6 – A decent performance. He was replaced by Ronald Araujo around the hour.
Alejandro Balde – 6 – The 20-year-old left back recovered from an injury and made the starting eleven against Athletic Bilbao. Replaced by Marcos Alonso in the 79th minute.
Oriol Romeu – 5 – The 32-year-old’s performance suffers in the absence of Frenkie de Jong, currently out injured. It was a mediocre performance.
Gavi – 7 – Another good performance from the Spanish midfielder.
Ilkay Gundongan – 7 – The German midfielder was impressive as always. He played a full 90 minutes.
Ferran Torres – 5 – Outstanding throughout the match for Barcelona, but could do better.
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Joao Felix – 9 – An impressive performance from the Portuguese international. He provided the assist on Marc Guiu’s game-winning goal.
Fermín López – 6 – A decent performance from the 20-year-old, who, however, should have scored a goal in the match.
Lamine Yamal – 8 – Another impressive performance from the young Barcelonan.
Ronald Araujo – 6 – Did not make the starting eleven, but came off the bench on the hour. A routine performance.
Marc Guiu – 10 – Instant impact on his debut with the Barcelona senior team. He scored the winning goal just seconds after coming off the bench.
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