Barcelona 's 1-0 La Liga victory against Celta Vigo on Sunday evening featured one of the most bizarre incidents of the season so far . With the score at 1-0 following Jeremy Mathieu 's 73rd minute header , tempers flared between Celta striker Fabian Orellana and Sergio Busquets as the Barcelona midfielder attempted to waste time during the closing stages . Orellana remonstrated angrily with the match officials before grabbing a lump of grass from the floor and throwing it in the direction of Busquets . Fabian Orellana collects a lump of grass from the ground before throwing it towards Sergio Busquets . The Celta Vigo striker aims his throw in Busquets ' direction during the closing stages of the match . Orellana was shown a red card for throwing the chunk of grass in the direction of Busquets . The lump of turf strikes Busquets in the neck after tempers reached boiling point in Spain . Referee Inaki Vicandi Garrido ( right ) brandishes a straight red card following the incident . Orellana ( right ) leaves the field in anger after being given his marching orders . As seems to be the midfielder 's nature , Busquets made the most of the incident , grabbing his eye despite the clutch of turf clearly striking him on the neck . Referee Inaki Vicandi Garrido decided the incident was enough to warrant and straight red card and promptly gave Orellana his marching orders . Luis Enrique 's side huffed and puffed towards the final whistle , but earned a crucial three points following Real Madrid 's impressive 9-1 victory against Granada earlier on Sunday . Barcelona star Dani Alves attempts to talk with Orellana following his red card . Jeremy Mathieu ( right ) heads home in the 73rd minute to hand Barcelona a 1-0 lead against Celta Vigo . Celta Vigo goalkeeper Alvarez Conde ( right ) is unable to stop the powerful header from Mathieu .
† Orellana was angered by Sergio ##ves ' time - wasting tactics . Celta Vigo ##na threw lump of turf towards the Barcelona zone . Barcelona needed a Jeremy Mathieu header to earn 1 - 0 victory .