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Barcelona is suppose to try their best to win their next match so that it will not look as if they are going down the road that Manchester City have choosen for themselves, because that will be a big opportunity for Madrid to win the league happily. You don't need to compare Barcelona attackers with Madrid because Madrid has more good atyackers on reserve than Barcelona. Vini is not playing but they are winning their Laliga matches.
Barcelona always tries to win matches, but sometimes the results don't go according to plan. The defeat they had was not a desired outcome, but it was an unavoidable outcome for many reasons. Of course they need to win the next match so that the points gap with Real Madrid is maintained, but their chance to lead the standings has now disappeared considering that Real Madrid has one game in hand.
The pressure is getting higher every time Barcelona loses points and now Real Madrid only has a gap of 1 point with 1 match postponed. If Real Madrid wins this match, then clearly Barcelona must be willing to drop to second place with a gap of 2 points.