Player Ratings: Sevilla 2-3 Barcelona
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By Anthony Wright
SEVILLA
Palop: 6.5
Konko: 4.5
Fazio: 6
Escude: 5.5
Adriano: 5
Navas: 5.5
Zokora: 6.5
Renato: 5.5
Capel: 5.5
Kanoute: 6.5
Luis Fabiano 7
Substitutes
Squillacci: 5.5
Stankevicius: 6.5
Lolo: 6
BARCELONA
Valdes: 6 - Made a few good saves, including a superb reflex save from Luis Fabiano in the first half, to keep Sevilla at bay until he was let down by some poor defending.
Dani Alves: 7.5 - As usual he was very dangerous in the final third, setting up some clear-cut chances for the front three. Solid in defence, although his eagerness to get forward earned him a touchline berating from his coach.
Puyol: 5 - Clearly past his best now. He was caught napping as Kanoute raced past him to score the opener while he was not aware of Zokora taking a quick free kick until it was too late.
Pique: 6 - There was not a great deal of pressure to soak up from Sevilla, and Pique could count himself a little fortunate he was not penalised for a push on Kanoute in the penalty area in the second half.
Maxwell: 7 - Defended well and emulated his Brazilian compatriot on the other flank by getting forward and providing a superb assist for the opening goal.
Xavi: 8 - Despite carrying an injury he was outstanding yet again. He played a lot of clever chipped balls over the Sevilla defence with heavy backspin for the front three and one resulted in a goal for Bojan.
Busquets: 6.5 - He won a lot of balls in midfield and drew numerous fouls from Sevilla, frustrating their players and upsetting their rhythm.
Keita: 6.5 - Appeared to strain a muscle during the first half but soldiered on and provided good support for Maxwell and Abidal in a defensive capacity.
Messi: 7.5 - Had a lot of space in which to operate when he dropped deep. He scored a fantastic goal in the fifth minute while he should also have scored a second but missed from a few yards.
Bojan: 7.5 - Justified Pep Guardiola's decision to put him up front ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he tucked away his goal with real confidence, although he did miss an open goal in the second half.
Pedro: 7 - Caused a lot of problems for the Sevilla defence and scored the decisive third goal when he reacted quickly to a bouncing ball to strike past Palop from range.
Substitutes
Abidal: 5.5 - Caught completely off-guard when Sevilla took a quick free kick to pull the score back to 3-2.
Toure: N/A - Replaced Xavi in the 87th minute.
Jeffren: N/A - Only had around 90 seconds on the pitch.
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May 8, 2010