Actually only because they are one of the strongest in Laliga this season. But Barcelona came close to scoring for Sevilla more than once if several of the goal attempt were successful.

I saw that Barcelona didn't play as usual in that match because I think they managed to press the Sevilla players quite well throughout the match and that's also because the players seemed to have started to dare to attack without a burden. Dembele in particular, I saw him shoot a few shots on target in that match which I don't think he's done in the previous few match. After the match ended, Xavi praised the performance of the players even though they could have won.