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By Tom Gott Barcelona’s nightmare run of form continued on Saturday as they fell to a chaotic 5-3 defeat to Villarreal at home. Gerard Moreno and Ilias Akhomach fired Villarreal 2-0 ahead – the former also had an early goal controversially ruled out – but Xavi’s side roared back with three goals in 11 minutes to ease the pressure on their boss. Strikes from Ilkay Gundogan, Pedri and an Eric Bailly own goal completely turned the game on its head and fired Barcelona into the lead, but Goncalo Guedes buried late on against the run of play to set up a fascinating ending. It was Villarreal who woul…

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