Celta Vigo v Barcelona

1. Mathieu scores header at far post
2. Catalan giants one point above Real
3. Barca boss Luis Enrique returns to old club
4. Will Barca cruise to title now? #bbceurofooty
5. Ligue 1 latest: Marseille 2-3 PSG

The end

So that's that.

Come back tomorrow for a full Football League programme (we will have a live text dedicated to that) and Crystal Palace v Manchester City.

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Not playing well in tough away game but stealing win thanks to centre-back's set-piece header... kind of win champions are made of, isn't it?

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Rich Barker: Orellana rightly sent off for taking the lawn into his own hands.

Rich has left it late there to come in with the tweet of the day.

Spanish La Liga

In Spain, Barcelona are four points above Real Madrid again after beating Celta Vigo narrowly. Nine games left to go there.

French Ligue 1

What does that do for the Ligue 1 title race?

Well with seven games to go, champions Paris St-Germain are top on 62 points. Lyon are one point behind but Marseille are back on 57. Monaco - who have a game in hand - are on 54. They'll need a lot to go their way to have a chance. And you feel Marseille are almost out of it too now.

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Mitch Mansfield: ‏Not forgetting that Marseille dropped points from winning positions three games in a row in February. Comes with the Bielsa territory.

STORY OF THE GAME

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Not much in it.

FULL-TIME

A huge moment in the Ligue 1 title race. PSG go top.

PSG just seeing this out now. They win a free-kick down in the corner and they're taking an age to take it. Hopefully nobody throws a piece of grass...

Oh was that the chance for Marseille? The ball drops to Lucas Ocampos on the edge of the box, the Argentine tries to curl it into the top corner but misses the target. Two minutes to go.

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Tom Faulkner: I don't think I've seen a player look as embarrassed as Orellana after he threw grass at Busquets!

INJURY TIME

We're into five minutes of injury time now. Dimitri Payet curls a shot straight at PSG keeper Salvatore Sirigu but a free-kick out had already been given.

STORY OF THE GAME

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Celta Vigo put up a good fight but Barcelona deserved it in the end.

We're into the last minute now at the Velodrome - can Marseille find an equaliser?

FULL-TIME

The corner eventually comes in but it's punched clear by Claudio Bravo.

And the final whistle goes. A crucial, not to mention tense, win for Barcelona.

Nolita has a chance for Celta Vigo in the last minute but is denied by a great Sergio Busquets tackle. Corner...

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Mark Sinnott: You are right that Jeremy Mathieu looks like a farmer from Sligo. He could be a cousin of Paul O'Connell too.

Great call. Never seen them together in the same room.

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JavelBleach: Ibra has no pace! Easily caught by a defender when he was clear on goal!

INJURY TIME

Just as we enter three minutes of injury time, Lionel Messi waits for keeper Sergio Alvarez to go down and then tries to chip him but it lands on the top of the net.

I still can't get over that red card.

RED CARD

Celta Vigo are down to 10 as Fabian Orellana is sent off. Oh this is incredible. It wasn't obvious what it was for at the time. The Celta player picked up a chunk of grass as threw it at Sergio Busquets as Barca were getting ready to take a free-kick.

SUBSTITUTION

The final change of the game - Luis Suarez off and midfielder Ivan Rakitic on. Pedro might go further forward now.

SUBSTITUTION

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Celta Vigo make another change in attacking midfield, Pablo Hernandez is off and Santi Mina comes into the fray. Seven minutes left - Celta haven't looked the same since the goal.

Celta Vigo keeper Sergio Alvarez comes out for a wander and Pedro can't quite take advantage after the keeper failed to clear the ball outside his area.

Jeremy Mathieu joined Barcelona from Valencia in the summer and has now scored in successive La Liga games, having netted against Real Madrid before the international break. He hadn't scored any league goals for Barca before that.

French Ligue 1

It's getting tetchy at Stade Velodrome, with a spate of yellow cards to either side. Javier Pastore has spurned a chance to make it 4-2, pulling a shot wide from inside the box, and Marseille are, just about, still in 'Le Classique'.

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Fissuh H Kelelom: Barcelona will not win the title as long as Ronaldo stays in his form. He is such a winner. Barca to struggle with small team.

SUBSTITUTION

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta comes off for Pedro moments after that goal.

GOAL

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This is a huge goal in the title race. Xavi whips a free-kick in, which Jeremy Mathieu - who looks more like a farmer from Sligo than an elite footballer - gets in a brilliant diving header at the back post to open the scoring.

The second thing Charles down is take a cross down well in the box and look like he's about to pull the trigger when Gerard Pique pulls off a goalsaving sliding tackle to deny the substitute.

The first thing Brazilian striker Charles does is to lay the ball off for Hugo Mallo, but the full-back curls his shot from outside the box wide.

SUBSTITUTION

Celta Vigo bring off Joaquin Larrivey - who missed their best chance in the first half - and Charles comes on up front.

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Paul Collins: Neymar has gone rubbish again. Has been for a few weeks really.

It says a lot about Barcelona's frontline that he's probably the weak link!

Xavi does a pirouette on the edge of the area to lose a defender but then he drags his shot wide of the left-hand post from 20 yards.

SUBSTITUTION

Celta Vigo boss Eduardo Berizzo decides to freshen up his midfield and Nemanja Radoja comes on for Michael Krohn-Dehli.

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Ryatt Silver: Barcelona look like they might slip up here!

There were 131 seconds between Paris St-Germain's second and third goals. That's according to Opta, I haven't counted them myself.

Dani Alves almost defined the modern attacking full-back role but he's not the best finisher in the world. If he was Barcelona would be ahead. The ball breaks to the Brazilian - who could well leave the club this summer - but he totally snatches at it 18 yards out, absolutely panics, and he drags it wide.

Luis Suarez, right at the end of the first half, was the first Barcelona player to be booked for diving since January 2012 (Andres Iniesta against Real Betis). A bit surprising.

Especially seeing as it didn't look like a dive.

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Neymar plays in Lionel Messi but Celta Vigo defender Jonny puts him under suffice pressure to see the ball back to keeper Sergio Alvarez.

GOAL

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Topsy-turvy stuff in France, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic involved again as PSG go ahead. He puts Jeremy Morel under pressure as a cross comes in from the left, and the hapless Marseille defender guides the ball into his own net.

SUBSTITUTION

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique obviously not too happy with what he's seen. Legend midfielder Xavi comes on for Rafinha.

It's end to end now, Celta Vigo forward Nolito is under pressure from a couple of Barcelona defenders and fires into the side-netting from close range.

If it ends this way, Barcelona will only be two points above Real Madrid.

GOAL

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You can't keep Zlatan Ibrahimovic out of the game for too long, and after a quiet first half he's involved as PSG level it up.

The enigmatic Swede slips over as he takes a free-kick, but his effort rebounds kindly for Marquinhos, who makes no mistake from close range. 'Le Classique' is living up to its billing.

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Nolito is the latest Celta Vigo player to have a chance but his shot from 16 yards is deflected, it goes up in the air - where's it going to land? Out of harm's way.

Barcelona break and Luis Suarez finds Lionel Messi, who fires wide with a first-time shot from eight yards out.

KICK-OFF

Under way at the Velodrome.

Celta Vigo come forward again, there's not been much between the sides, and full-back Hugo Mallo drags a shot wide.

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Tom McLarty: Pub in central London rocking to chants from both fans. Here's hoping for a better second half for PSG!

DISALLOWED GOAL

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Neymar has a goal disallowed, wrongly, for offside. The Barcelona striker is slipped in 30 yards from goal, takes it on and fires past Sergio Alvarez. Absolutely the wrong decision.

His arm was beyond the Celta defence, but it has to be a part of your body you can play the ball with.

"For the purposes of this decision, the arms are not considered to be part of the body," say Fifa.

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Lot of credit to Celta. Playing with pace, intensity, pressure, directness. Nolito's running particularly bothering Barça.

KICK-OFF

Second half under way.

STORY OF THE FIRST HALF

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Paris St-Germain dominating possession but Marseille are doing much more with theirs.

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When is Andre-Pierre Gignac going to get himself over the Channel to the Premier League? If ever a striker has been made for the English top flight, it's this lad. A proper number nine.

STORY OF THE FIRST HALF

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It's been a closer first half than one may have thought.

HALF-TIME

What a difference a few minutes make - chances were thin on the ground for the first half-hour, but the last third of the half was a totally different story.

Andre-Pierre Gignac has grabbed two for the hosts either side of Blaise Matuidi's sublime curled effort from outside the box, and as it stands Marseille are going above PSG into second in Ligue 1. But, something tells me that there will be more twists and turns in the second half.

HALF-TIME

A bizarre end to the first half at Celta Vigo as Luis Suarez gets away from Jonny with a little bit of skill, flicking the ball on the outside of his boot. The Celta defender then appears to bring down Suarez. It looks like the referee has given a free-kick but he instead books the striker. I didn't think it was a dive. Barcelona players seemed to be ready to take the free-kick.

Oh well, it's not a free-kick to anyone as the ref blows for the break.

GOAL

It's turning into a thriller in France, and Marseille are ahead again as Andre-Pierre Gignac grabs his second with an emphatic shot past Salvatore Sirigu.

CLOSE!

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Celta Vigo had the ball in the net a minute ago but two of their players were offside - an easy decision. They have been impressive so far and they have an even better chance now...

A cross comes in from the left, Faban Orellana volleys it across the box first time and Joaquin Larrivey is in loads of space, eight yards out, and he fires over. How he did he miss that?

GOAL

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Things look grim for PSG following Marseille's goal, with David Luiz limping off injured but seconds after he is replaced by Gregory van der Wiel, the French champions equalise!

And the goal is a cracker from Blaise Matuidi, who cuts back onto his right just outside the box before curling the ball into the top corner despite goalkeeper Steve Mandanda getting a fingertip to it.

French Ligue 1

As things stand Lyon are top on 61 points, Marseille second on 60 and Paris St-Germain third on 59. The most exciting title race in Europe's top leagues without doubt.

GOAL

'Le Classique' has finally livened up after a non-descript first 30 minutes, with Andre-Pierre Gignac nipping in front of Marquinhos to powerfully head Dimitri Payet's cross into the net.

PENALTY APPEAL

Celta Vigo's Nolito wants a penalty. Pablo Hernandez comes forward and he's so selfish, instead of playing in Nolito he goes for a Diego Maradona-style run except he loses it. The ball however lands to Nolito who's in on goal, but keeper Claudio Bravo comes out with a sliding tackle to take the ball away from the midfielder. Just.

Moments later Michael Krohn-Dehli drives a shot from distance over.

This game is really coming to life.

French Ligue 1

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PSG have weathered early pressure and have had a couple of decent chances, with Javier Pastore seeing his raking shot roll just wide and Edinson Cavani mis-hitting a volley when homing in on goal.

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L Higgins: Not a lot of quality in Le Classique at the moment. No wonder the Velodrome is doing the Mexican wave.

SUBSTITUTION

Celta Vigo fail to clear the ball and Barcelona striker Luis Suarez chests and volleys straight at keeper Sergio Alvarez.

Michael Krohn-Dehli is the first player booked as he tugs back Andres Iniesta.

Don't get too disheartened goals fans, Real Madrid hadn't scored any of their nine goals by this stage this morning.

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Zert: Barcelona will definitely win title if they win today

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A bit of La Liga news for you as Almeria have sacked coach Juan Ignacio Martinez after 14 games. They slipped into the bottom three after losing to Levante yesterday.

Youth-team boss Miguel Rivera takes caretaker charge.

According to Reuters, Martinez is known in Spain as JIM. I'm a big fan of that if it's pronounced like the name.

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Barcelona striker Luis Suarez runs into the box, defender Gustavo Cabral tries to hold his hand. But Suarez isn't interested, there's no chemistry between the two obviously.

The Uruguayan goes down easily and wants a penalty but nobody else thinks it should be, including his team-mates.

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It's lively and noisy off the field of play at Stade Velodrome, where Van Halen's "Jump" accompanied the players as they came out of the tunnel, but it's been more sedate on the pitch with Dimitri Payet's shot over the bar the only chance of note so far.

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And moments later Barcelona have their first effort, Lionel Messi ghosts past a couple of defenders and forces Sergio Alvarez to pull off a good diving save. Neymar blazes wide the rebound.

First chance and it's Celta Vigo who have it, Joaquin Larrivey gets a shot in from a wide angle which Claudio Bravo parries away.

It's not gone as Barcelona would have liked so far - possession stats are fairly level so far - and Neymar leaps to a header out wide but it's held by Sergio Alvarez.

Celta Vigo aren't just sitting back and letting Barcelona attack and a positive move is only stopped by an offside flag. Pablo Hernandez tries to get in a cross but he's double-teamed and Barcelona clear.

KICK-OFF

Under way at the Velodrome between these two French rivals in 'Le Classique'.

We'll bring you updates from that game here.

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First attack of the game as Luis Suarez runs down the right wing and drops a cross into the box but keeper Sergio Alvarez pounces to deny Barca an open goal.

KICK-OFF

Barcelona - in their traditional fluorescent orange - get us going.

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When these teams met in the league back in November at the Nou Camp, Celta Vigo won 1-0 to inflict Barcelona's first La Liga defeat of the season.

Will we see a repeat today to blow the title race back open?

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Former Barcelona midfielder Luis Enrique left Celta Vigo after one season in charge to take over at the Nou Camp in the summer.

Today is his first trip back to Vigo (well for work anyway, maybe he still has a barbers there).

"I am really looking forward to going back," he said. "It will always be a very special place for me. I got to know a new club and a very special group of players. It was a very positive year for Celta and for me. Those were unforgettable memories."

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John McEnerney: Barcelona have been building up steam since Christmas just when Real Madrid started to flatline and now they look odds on for La Liga and maybe the Champions League.

In the first half of the season, Real Madrid won a club record 22 matches in all competitions. They were four points clear at the top in February.

Team news

The starting line-up for Marseille is exactly as boss Marcelo Bielsa announced two days ago - like the maverick he is. PSG make two changes to the side that beat Lorient on 20 March, with Gregory van der Wiel and Ezequiel Lavezzi making way for Marquinhos and David Luiz.

Marseille: Mandanda, Dja Djedje, Fanni, Morel, Mendy, Romao, Lemina, Payet, Ayew, Thauvin, Gignac.

PSG: Sirigu, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Luiz, Maxwell, Verretti, Thiago Motta, Matuidi, Pastore, Ibrahimovic, Cavani.

French Ligue 1

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There is another game tonight that has huge title consequences. We will be keeping you updated with Paris St-Germain's trip to Marseille in France.

Paris St-Germain would overtake Lyon at the top with a victory, but Marseille can go above PSG and into second spot if they win.

Four points separates the top three, with Monaco another three points back (leaders Lyon have played one more than the rest).

TEAM NEWS

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique makes three changes - two enforced - from their last La Liga match - a 2-1 win over Real Madrid. Sergio Busquets replaces the suspended Javier Mascherano, Adriano is in for the injured Jordi Alba and Rafinha comes in for Ivan Rakitic, who is benched.

Celta Vigo: Sergio, Hugo Mallo, Cabral, Fontas, Jonny, Augusto, Krohn-Dehli, Pablo Hernandez, Orellana, Nolito, Larrivey. Subs: Rubén Radoja, Santi Mina, Alex López, Charles, Bongonda, Sergi Gomez.

Barcelona: Bravo, Pique, Busquets, Iniesta, Suarez, Messi, Neymar, Rafinha, Adriano, Dani Alves, Mathieu. Subs: Ter Stegen, Montoya, Rakitic, Xavi, Pedro, Bartra, Sergi Roberto.

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Barcelona legend Lionel Messi had been a slight doubt for today after missing Argentina's two recent international friendlies with a swollen foot, having flown to the USA to play in them.

But boss Luis Enrique said: "We knew he had taken a knock. Sometimes these problems go away quickly and sometimes things get more problematic.

"But we didn't arrange anything special with the Argentine coaches. It was a decision made by the player and his coach. Since he's been back, he's trained normally. He's fully recovered."

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But Barcelona boss Luis Enrique - who is generously including Atletico Madrid and Valencia - says: "I think it's highly unlikely that any of the four teams still in contention for the title will win all of their remaining games. Of course, I might be wrong, and if I am then I hope I'm wrong about Barca."

Do you agree with Enrique, will there be more twists in the title race? Or are Barcelona on a title procession now all the way to the crown?

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In fact if Barcelona and Real Madrid win all their remaining games (far from an impossibility), Barca would win the title on the penultimate day at Atletico Madrid - the side who beat them to the title in their final-day showdown last season. The ultimate revenge.

But more important than personal battles, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi would say (publicly anyway), is that Real Madrid are back to within a point of leaders Barcelona in a topsy-turvy season.

It will be back to four points with nine games left if Barca beat Celta Vigo today.

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For each of the last four years, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been numbers one and two in the Ballon d'Or and Spanish top scorer race (shared equally).

Messi was edging their battle for the Pichichi (golden boot) until this morning when Ronaldo scored five (FIVE) in a 9-1 rout of Granada. Messi now trails his rival by four goals.

Over to you, Lionel...

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Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier.

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Tom Brady v Peyton Manning.

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Ayrton Senna v Alain Prost.

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Cristiano Ronaldo v Lionel Messi.

There are some rivalries that almost transcend sport.