Barça 2-0 Athletic: Alba offside in build-up to Alcácer goal
Jordi Alba, who provided the cross for Barcelona's opening goal, was marginally offside when Lionel Messi played his pass to the full-back.
Barcelona's opener in Sunday's LaLiga win over Athletic Club should not have stood, replays showed.
Alba slightly offside before crossing for Alcácer
Paco Alcácer slotted in from Jordi Alba's eighth-minute cross to set the leaders on their way to a comfortable 2-0 victory at the Camp Nou.
However, TV images indicate that Alba was marginally offside when Lionel Messi passed to the left-back, who then cut the ball back for Alcácer.
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"Alba's head is ahead of the play," says AS's resident ref
Diario AS's refereeing expert, former Fifa official Eduardo Iturralde González, told Spanish radio: "His head is ahead of the play. It's very tight and diffcult to see.
"Whether he gives the goal or disallows it, you can understand the referee's decision - but it is offside."
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