The meteoric rise of Fermín

Fermín López is being given chances by Xavi Hernández and is making the very most of them. The 20-year-old Andalusian started the game against Atlético Madrid on Sunday after Andreas Christensen was hit by fitness issues, and ended up playing a key role in the win at the Metropolitano, not just creating plays, but finishing them too. 

He scored the third goal of the night and in doing so moves joint fourth of the team's charts for the season, where he is matched on six with Lamine Yamal. And it should be noted that he has achieved that despite playing the comparatively limited number of 1,318 minutes.

Opening and closing the goals

Fermín's six goals this season have curiously all either been the first of the last Barça goals in the game. He got things moving against Barbastro in the Copa del Rey, and also against Napoli in the Champions League, and he scored the last goal of the day or night against Shakhtar Donetsk, Mallorca, Getafe and now Atlético Madrid.