The derby came out as one of those games that will not be forgotten for a long time. A penalty in the last minute was enough to give Barca all three points. Barcelona continued the good run since their first win against Sporting de Gijon.

Pep Guardiola named four surprise changes to his team with Pique, Busquets, Gudjohnsen and Henry came in to replace Marquez, Yaya, Keita and Eto. Barca started strong and able to find the spaces, while Espanyol played deep and seem to counter attack. Despite the good chances Barca had to score, Coro was the one who gave Espanyol the lead in the 20th minute. The replay showed that Valdes was fouled by Luis Garca, but the referee allowed the goal to stand.

The goal came just to increase the intensity of the derby. Barcelona went forward willing to tie the score, but all their efforts were denied by Kameni and his defense. Before the break, Espanyol were forced to play with ten men, after Nene received his second yellow in the game.

The first half result gives no choice to Pep but just to risk, especially when the opponent is one man down. Eto, Keita and Bojan entered the pitch instead of Abidal, Gudjohnsen and Busquets. The back line remained only with puyol Pique and alves who was most of the time in the center half, together with Inesta, Keita and Xavi. Henry, Eto, Bojan and Messi were all put in front.

The referee had to stop the game for few minutes, when a number of home supporters tried to enter the field of play. Following a break of around ten minutes, the game started and Barca showed that they are going to score. One mistake by Kameni was deadly enough for his team, when Henry took advantage of the misunderstanding between Jarque and his goal keeper to bring the equalizer.

Three minutes were shown as an extra time. These minutes were enough for Barca to win the three points, after Messi scoring from the penalty spot the second goal, and his fourth goal of the season.

Deserved victory for the Blaugrana takes them up to ten points, this shows that Barcelona with Pep are able to find a way to win the title this year.