There were quite a number of officiating mishaps during the game between Barcelona and Sevilla, and Xavi Hernandez believes that the match official, Mateu Lahoz had a bad game.
Barcelona faced Sevilla in the Spanish La Liga and there was a lot of anticipation attached with the fixture.
Sevilla were able to beat Real Madrid 1-0 earlier in the season and many thought that they can be the side who might stop Barcelona’s winning streak in the Spanish La Liga.
However, despite going two goals up against the Catalan giants, they were still able to lose the game, with Fabregas scoring a double and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 scoring a winner in injury time.
The Catalan giants have now won all their six fixtures in the league, taking them to the top of the league, currently eleven points above their arch-rivals and current La Liga champions, Real Madrid.
During the game between Barcelona and Sevilla, there were a lot of decisions taken by the referee, Mateu Lahoz, which the fans and pundits believe were wrong.
There was a red card incident and a hand ball incident involved during the game and it seemed as if the referee favoured the former Spanish La Liga champions, Barcelona.
A red card was given to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Medel-c14446 after the referee thought that he head butted Cesc Fabregas while the Barcelona midfielder was trying to snatch the ball from his hands.
Later, a hand ball incident saw Barcelona equalize the score-line.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 equalized
as a pass from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 found Cesc Fabregas inside the penalty area and the Spaniard coolly finished the move with a sublime chip.
While speaking about the game, Xavi Hernandez stated that the referee had a terrible game from both the teams’ perspective.
“Mateu Lahoz did not referee well, neither for them nor for us. None of the teams can have any complaints.”
Barcelona will be travelling to Lisbon to play the UEFA Champions League fixture before they face Real Madrid next week in La Liga.
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