Barcelona Catalan club outraged

It is fair to say that Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva made a significant mistake in not allowing Lionel Messi's goal at the Estadio Mestalla on Sunday, despite the fact the ball was clearly over the goalline, and as such Barcelona are now suspicious of everything.

Messi himself spoke with the officials at both the end of the first half and at full-time, at which point he was livid that a clear goal hadn't been awarded and attempted to make clear just how far the ball was over the line using hand gestures.

Ultimately it did no good as the play had passed, but now the Catalan giants are looking intently at each decision that has appeared to go against them this season.

Andres Iniesta and Ernesto Valverde refused to criticise the officials, the former Athletic Club coach even going as far as pointing out the incident against Malaga where Los Cules were the beneficiary of a similar mistake.

Behind the scenes though there were questions raised; many players urgently requested the use of VAR and goalline technology whilst others lamented the vast number of officiating errors seen this campaign.

Some even believe it is far from a coincidence that this refereeing howler came just after Real Madrid's repeated complaints against the standard of refereeing in LaLiga this term.

Two points may not seem like a huge deal now, yet in the grander scheme of the title race, if the Blaugrana are to miss out on the title by two points or less, then it will be this moment that is seen as a season defining mistake.

Within the dressing room the team remembers the two Bruno Soriano handballs in the 1-1 draw against Villarreal last season, neither were given as penalties by Villanueva and that result would eventually cost Luis Enrique's charges the title, a repeat would be incredibly difficult to stomach.