Madrid, April 23 -- FC Barcelona beat Celta Vigo 1-0 at home to restore a nine-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of La Liga, but was forced to work hard for the win and lost Lamine Yamal to a hamstring injury.
Celta caused problems on the counterattack in the first half, but Barcelona took the lead when Yamal weaved through the defense and was brought down in the area on Wednesday.
The forward converted the resulting penalty, but injured his hamstring as he struck the ball and was forced off. The match was halted for 15 minutes due to a medical emergency in the stands. In the second half, Ferran Torres had a goal ruled out for a marginal offside, according to Xinhua.
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