Barca boss Guardiola won’t celebrate yet

(GSM) – Barcelona edged a five-goal thriller at Sevilla to stay on course for the Spanish league title.

Lionel Messi scored a fifth minute opener for Barca for his 32nd goal of the season and Bojan Krkic bagged a second on 28 minutes.

Pedro Rodriguez added a third in the second half before Frederic Kanoute (68) and Luis Fabiano (71) stunned the visitors, who had an extra man after the dismissal of Abdoulay Konko on 56 minutes, with quick goals and Barca had to give their all to survive at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Barca held on, though, and after Real Madrid won 5-1 at home to Athletic Bilbao, the title goes down to the wire.

“The great fortune is to be able to depend on ourselves, but we must win the game next week because Valladolid need to secure safety for themselves and, knowing Javier Clemente, I sense it will be a very difficult meeting,” Barca coach Josep Guardiola said after the match.

“We must stress that this [the title] isn’t won. We have taken a huge step, but there is a lot of sweating and running yet to come. “