Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres came off the bench to rescue a 2-0 win for Barcelona at Las Palmas on Saturday that sent them back to the top of the LaLiga table after a game that is unlikely to live long in the memory.
Barcelona now lead on 54 points, one ahead of Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid are third on 51 but have a game in hand and will host Girona on Sunday.
Both sides were largely toothless in attack in a slow-paced match and struggled to produce scoring opportunities, before Barca finally broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute with a shot from inside the box by Olmo.
Torres added the second goal at the death, taking advantage of a mistake by the home side’s defence to fire a low strike from close range five minutes into added time.
