Barcelona had to overcome conceding a goal inside 17 seconds to muscle their way past Alaves in La Liga on Sunday as Robert Lewandowski scored twice to end his recent goal drought.
Any Barca punters at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys who arrived a minute after kick-off would have been left deflated, sucker-punched and anxious when their glances towards the scoreboard clocked the visitors' early lead.
Barca's recent losses to Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk had the mood approaching crisis point in Catalonia pre-kickoff and the hosts' efforts in attack during the first half did little to quell that negative atmosphere.
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