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Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga clash between Barcelona and Espanyol. We'll bring you all the goals and action from the Camp Nou. Kick-off: 16.00.

La Liga / Matchday 37
Spotify Camp Nou / 08.05.2016
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Tom Adams

Updated 08/05/2016 at 17:50 GMT+1


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Espanyol had looked better on the ball in this second half, but they lost possession too easily in their own half in the build up to that goal. Barcelona made them pay for the mistake.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Barcelona 2 (51 mins - Luis Suarez) Espanyol 0. There's the goal that could secure the points and the Liga title in the process. Messi fed Suarez who fired past Lopez in the Espanyol goal. What a massive goal!
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There isn't much tempo to this match and there is a real tension at the Camp Nou. There are a lot of Barcelona fans in the crowd with radios held to their ears. Nervous. Very nervous.
51'
This could be a problem for Atletico Madrid at Levante. Torres has gone down with an injury and the stretcher is being readied for the former Chelsea and Liverpool number nine.
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Barcelona have made quite a sloppy start to the second half. Their passing has been poor and Espanyol are taking the opportunity to get a foothold in the contest at the moment.
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Espanyol sub: Felipe Caicedo OFF, Gerard Moreno ON.
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There was a wait before the second half kicked off at the Camp Nou as the referee waited to restart the second half at the same time as every other match being played in Spain right now.
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Antoine Griezmann has come on for Atletico Madrid at half-time against Levante. He scored with his first touch off the bench last week. His team are relying on him for an impact.
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The second half is under way at the Camp Nou! Barcelona hold a 1-0 lead over Espanyol, with Messi scoring the only goal of the game so far.
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What did you make of the first half at the Camp Nou? Do Espanyol need to make a tactical change at the break to make more of an impression in the final third? Is Neymar doing enough? Tweet me!
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HALF-TIME: Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol. Messi's freekick has given Barca a narrow lead at the break over their city rivals. Atletico Madrid are drawing with Levante, with Real Madrid 2-0 up on Valencia.
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ANOTHER GOAL AT THE BERNABEU! Benzema is denied at close range by Alves, ho did well to make the save, but the French striker puts Real Madrid 2-0 up with the rebound.
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Espanyol just can't get out of their own half. They need half time to regroup before their current strategy isn't working. They need to find more of the ball in the final third. No impression there.
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Suarez latches on to a ball in behind the Espanyol defence, but he runs out of space before the goalkeeper comes rushing off his line to smother the former Liverpool forward.
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Barcelona have been in complete control of this match. Espanyol have been more concerned with kicking the opposition than kicking the ball. They're a very physical side, you could say.
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It's just not happening for Neymar at the moment. He still gets on the ball as often as he usually does, but he has been accused recently of lacking a final product. It's a fair criticism.