Rakitic earns narrow Barca win

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Ivan Rakitic’s first-half header earned Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Sunday night.

The Croatian midfielder timed his run to perfection to head home Arda Turan’s cross after 21 minutes at San Mames, earning Luis Enrique his 100th win as Barca boss.

Luis Suarez squandered two excellent opportunities to make the game safe for the visitors, but they held on to move level with Real Madrid and Las Palmas at the top of the table.

Turan had the ball in the net after just six minutes for Barca, but Luis Suarez was correctly adjudged offside in the build-up.

The hosts started the better side, though, and should have gone ahead when Benat capitalised on a mistake by Marc-Andre ter Stegen, …

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