La-Liga: Omeruo Shines in Leganes 1-2 Loss To Barcelona

Omeruo Shines in Leganes 1-2 Loss To Barcelona

By Niyi Busari

Super Eagles and CD Leganes defender, Kenneth Omeruo was outstanding in the Spanish La-Liga match-day 14 encounter against the league leaders, Barcelona, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

Leganes defense led by the former Chelsea player alongside, Bostinza, R.Rosale, D.Siovas, and J. Silva kept the champions silent throughout the first half as first stanza ended 1-0 for the hosts.

Yousef En-Nesyri put Leganes ahead in the 12th with a sublime finish after so much pressure on home-side defense by the trio of Lionel Messi, Suarez and Antoine Griezmann, the four-man's Leganes defense were however, able to curtail the pressure until in the 8th minute of the second half when Messi found Suarez through a defense-splitting pass for the former to put Barca level.

Arturo Vidal in the 79th minute broke heart of 12,110 fans at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque when the scored the winning goal to maintain their lead at the top of the table.

With the win, Barcelona are level on the same 28 looks with Real Madrid who have a goal less than the champions.

Leganes loss on the other hand keep them deeper in the rock bottom of the table.

CD Leganes have only manage to garner 6 points from 14 matches.