Vidal saves Barcelona from the bite of Nasiri

Barcelona scored a hard-fought 2-1 win at Leganes on Saturday in the 14th round of La Liga.

Luis Suarez scored in the 53rd minute and Arturo Vidal scored in the 80th minute, while Moroccan striker Youssef Nassiri scored for Leganes in the 12th minute.

With this victory, Barcelona raises the tally to 28 points, at the top of the league standings, while Leganes freeze at six points, at the bottom of the standings.

The first serious chance of the game was for the home side, where the ball arrived on the right side, Youssef Al-Nusairi, who penetrated in the penalty area, and launched a great shot right-wing goalkeeper Ter Stegen, scoring Leganes goal in the 12th minute.

Oscar almost scored the second goal for Leganes, in the 15th minute, where he took advantage of a defensive error in the penalty area and hit hard, but the ball hit the net from outside.

Luis Suarez was the only goalkeeper in the 23rd minute.

Despite the attacking force on which Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde relied, the team did not manage in the first half-hour to hit a shot against Cuir.

The first shot of the guests came in the 31st minute, with a header from Luis Suarez, saved by Leganes keeper with his fingertips, turning it into a corner.

Yousef Al-Nusairi continued his dangerous start, starting on the left side and dribbling Piqué before he fired a powerful ball next to the right post of the goalkeeper.

At the beginning of the second half, Gerard Pique almost scored the equalizer, with a powerful header hit the right post of Cuir, in the 47th minute.

A quick reply came from Youssef Nassiri, who surprised Barcelona with a header, which passed the top goal in the 48th minute.

Luis Suarez managed to score the equalizer in the 53rd minute, taking advantage of a cross from Lionel Messi and header to the left of the keeper.

Valverde decided to pay Ivan Rakitic and Arturo Vidal, instead of Busquets and Griezmann, and later included Anso Vati instead of Franky de Jong.

Leganes demanded a penalty in the 78th minute, claiming a handball on Barcelona's Moussa Wagga, but the referee refused.

Substitute Arturo Vidal scored the second goal for Barca in the 80th minute, taking advantage of the return of the ball from the defense of Leganes, to go alone and keeper strongly in the net.

Cuyler starred in the face of a shot from Osman Dembli, in the 91st minute, before the referee whistled the end, announcing the victory of the Blaugrana (2-1).