I admit that Barcelona's defense in this match was really unsatisfactory, but the performance of their attackers and midfielders was good enough that it helped them win the match. Gavi, De Jong, Ferran and Lewandowski scored one goal each, but of course I didn't really expect Barcelona to concede 3 goals. Xavi needs to make strategic changes in the next match so that his team can play better in defense. Lamine Yamal, who appeared slick, managed to become MVP in this match, of course he became a new gem in the Barcelona squad.
It's not important how many goals you conceded as long as you score one more than that. For Barca this wasn't a situation we were used to, but when we think of Villarreal matches in general, we see that the matches were full of goals. In the past, the matches of these two teams had always finished as high scores.
Villarreal deserved to get some points from this game. It was a game with a lot of back and forth, but in the end it was Barca who won 3 points.
Barcelona should win the league again if they keep playing like that.
Last season Barcelona won the title because they did quite the opposite all season long of what happened today. They had a rock solid defense last season and that won them the title. I would disagree that games like today are the reason why they would win the title. Throwing away a two goal lead, conceding three goals in total, I am sure that if they keep doing that it won't end very well for them very often. They have been the better team overall, but defensively this was a bad performance. They should have had better control over the game after the 2-0 lead.