Watch: Barcelona 2-1 Getafe, Match Preview

Barcelona pick up an important victory at the Camp Nou against Getafe in their final fixture before the international break, meaning it’s now seven points collected from a possible nine available at the start of this La Liga campaign. The performance however, left much to be desired, with Barcelona looking extremely lacklustre. Ronald Koeman and his players have lots of work to do if they are to properly compete this season.

Sergi Roberto opened the scoring for the Catalans very early on, giving Barcelona the perfect start as he latched onto the end of Jordi Alba’s cross. Although after all the excitement of the opening minutes, Barcelona’s play slowly deteriorated as the game went by, and Getafe soon picked up an equaliser through former player Sandro Ramirez.

Barcelona got back in front through Memphis Depay, who cleverly finished inside David Soria’s near post around the hour mark, but the Blaugrana created very few chances from then onwards, and hobbled to the finish line with five defenders and four midfielders on the field for the final stages.