It was a shock, I started to panic when the score was 2-2 and when Barcelona were 3-2 down I thought there was no hope for them to turn things around but what I thought was wrong, this game was absolutely incredible, both teams made a comeback, Villarreal able to turn things around when they lost 2 goals but before the match ended Barcelona again turned things around to 4-3.
The match was quite fierce, but I highlighted Barcelona's performance in this match who were careless in the middle of the first half, they seemed to have lost their direction of play and their back line was not working well.
Even though they won, this was not a good performance from Barcelona.
If we examine the performance of Barcelona's back line, I don't understand why Xavi played Marco Alonso as a defender on the left wing. whereas, Xavi could have prepared Balde to be deployed in the match against Villarreal. maybe that's why, Cristensen played underperform, because he did not fit with Alonso. but in the second half, Alonso found his rhythm especially after Cristensen was substituted. at right-back, Sergi Roberto played very underperformed. which in the end, there is buying and selling goals in this match.
Uniquely, Barcelona took the lead quickly in the 12th minute and three minutes later, De Jong added the advantage to 0-2. 11 minutes later, Villarral was able to pull back a goal to reduce the position. in the 40th minute, Villarreal were able to equalize at 2-2. until halftime, the game took place again exciting. both teams scored again, fortunately Lewandowski broke the deadlock and was able to decide their victory over Villarreal. With this result, Barcelona rose to 3rd place on the standings.
however, Xavi has homework to improve his defense. the absence of several important players who were injured meant that there wasn't much that could be done, but Xavi should be able to fix it for future matches. maybe if Cancelo is successfully brought to Camp Nou, at the end of this transfer window, Xavi has quite a strong back line depth.