article_snippet: If it wasn't Messi assist for Ivan Rakitic's goal, it was Ivan Rakitic's nutmeg on Milner that reduced Pep Guardiola – the architect of the Barcelona way and current Bayern Munich manager – to nothing more than another supporter in the stands.
article_snippet: Pep Guardiola has seen it all before – at the Nou Camp, at their Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training ground, at almost every stadium Joan Gamper took Barcelona to –
article_snippet: How the top of La Liga stands ahead of El Clasico .
article_snippet: the top of La Liga's unrecognisable.
article_snippet: Down to the brass tacks of La Liga, too.
article_snippet: The kid from next door in Barcelona, with the ability to glue the ball to The kid from next door in Barcelona foot, has been swaying a few votes in The kid from next door in Barcelona favour, it seems.