The duet of Gavi, Sergio Busquets and De Jong can always be relied upon by Xavi compared to the midfield duo of Franck Kessie, Sergi Roberto and Sergio Busquets, when viewed up close they are less creative in providing sufficient placement space and ball flow for attackers so it is very difficult for Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres to score, proven by several previous disappointing Barcelona matches which achieved unsatisfactory results.

Even though Barcelona controlled the match, the finishing was still weak so that additional goals were not created in the second half. The victory over Atletico Madrid was very important for Barcelona to motivate the team to achieve satisfactory results in the remaining matches and at the same time make a distance of 11 points from Real Madrid in the second standings.