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MADRID. — Paulinho scored his first Barcelona goal as the visitors came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Getafe on Saturday and open up a seven-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish La Liga.

Barca were dealt a double blow before half-time as record signing Ousmane Dembele limped off with a hamstring injury, before Gaku Shibasaki’s sensational volley put Getafe in front.However, Barca’s often maligned substitutes’ bench came to their rescue as Denis Suarez and Paulinho came on in the second half to turn the game around.

“I’m very happy to score the goal. It was the winner which was the most important thing,” Paulinho told Barca TV.

“It was a difficult game because Getafe have players with quality and we conceded the first goal but we were calm, had patience and went looking for the result.” — AFP