Lionel Messi and Ousmane Dembele lead Barcelona to victory

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Barcelona reclaimed outright control of the LaLiga table with a 2-0 win against Celta Vigo at the Nou Camp&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ernesto Valverde’s side began the game in second place after Atletico Madrid’s win earlier in the day but first-half goals from Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi saw Barcelona rise back to the summit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Valverde made just one change from the team that started the 5-0 thrashing of Levante last weekend&comma; with defender Thomas Vermaelen dropped and replaced by Nelson Semedo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"ca" dir&equals;"ltr">Barça XI<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;Bar&percnt;C3&percnt;A7aCelta&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;BarçaCelta<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;4HDjGV7SKu">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;4HDjGV7SKu<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; FC Barcelona &lpar;from 🏠&rpar; &lpar;&commat;FCBarcelona&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;FCBarcelona&sol;status&sol;1076510004151287810&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 22&comma; 2018<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Celta were quickest out of the blocks and went close in the third minute when Nestor Araujo headed the ball over the crossbar following a corner&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Barcelona soon found their stride&comma; though&comma; and went in front after 10 minutes&period; Good link up play between Messi and Jordi Alba created a chance for the Argentinian and Dembele was on hand to tap home from close range after the goalkeeper had blocked Messi’s effort&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the lead&comma; Barcelona began to dominate possession&period; They were just lacking the final pass&period; However&comma; they were almost caught out midway through the first half on the counter attack and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen had to make a good save to deny Maximiliano Gomez&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It finally clicked again for the hosts in the final minute of the first half when Messi fired home a powerful curling shot after a quick pass from Alba found him running free through the middle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Celta were still a threat and Brais Mendez had Ter Stegen scrambling across his goal with a driven shot that flew just wide at the start of the second half&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Luis Suarez had been largely anonymous until he missed a glorious chance after an hour&comma; with his first-time effort from Alba’s pass rolling wide when it looked easier to score&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ruben Blanco made a fine double save midway through the second half to deny Semedo and then Messi&comma; while at the other end Ter Stegen somehow kept out Robert Mazan’s deflected shot when it looked like Celta would score and be back in the match&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mendez worked the Barcelona goalkeeper again before the end but Valverde’s side won while not being at their best and head into the winter break with a three-point lead over Atletico&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e742fb63">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; 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