With good football and plenty of goals, Barcelona celebrates the first win in la liga after two weeks of failure. The 1-6 result was a clear representation of the difference between the two sides. Sporting de Gijon received the third defeat this season that put them in the bottom of the table.

Guardiola set up his team back to 4-3-3 formation. The starting line-up didn’t include Henry who didn’t travel with them, so again Iniesta finds himself on the left side, while Messi and Eto kept in changing between them the right wing and the striker positions over the ninety minutes. The players didn’t have any problem in controlling the game, especially when the easy opponent makes everything possible for the visitors to dominate. The ten corners in the first thirty minutes prove the high possession of the ball.

Busquets was given again the confidence to start the game as a central midfielder, the statistics showed high number of contacts and successful recovery of the lost ball. The defense line didn’t face too many troubles except for the goal. Due the fantastic domination, Puyol and Marquez were in the opponent box area in many occasions.

All these advantages led to the two goals in the first half. Xavi once again scores in similar way with the goal against Lisbon the 1st, while Eto scored the 2nd after the eleventh corner. Sporting didn’t show any sign that they can come back to the game.

The first five minutes from the second half saw two goals for both sides. It was Jorge, Sporting’s center half, who knocked a cross from the corner spot into his own net, which led to fast reaction from the home side, when Maldonado scored after two minutes, bringing some hope for his mates and the fans who kept cheering for their team till the final whistle.

The good time for Sporting stopped when the last defender Gerard brought Messi down after being few meters from facing the goal keeper. The referee had no choice but to show him the deserved red card.

With one man down, Sporting couldn’t do more than just retreating into their own box. It was just matter of time to see Barca scoring. Iniesta & Messi were able to make the score goes to 1-6.

It is hard to say that Barcelona came up with the solution for the problems they faced in previous games in la liga. The players have done pretty well, but this is not the team they will face every time. The team will head back home preparing for the next game against Real Betis on Wednesday.