"Barcelona's Little Prince" – Winners and Losers as Messi begins the Quique Setien period with a success

Thing is, once Barcelona assembled a midfield that was ready to all play the kind of rapid, passing football that Barça are known for, Rakitic became a liability.

However it's taken just 70 minutes under Quique Setién to see how unsuited Rakitic is to Barcelona when they actually play proper Barcelona football.

Ten of the Barcelona starters looked improved and comfortable with their new system, some moreso than others for sure, and it has only been four days with Quique Setién in charge, but Rakitic was constantly half a step behind everyone else, completely out-of-sync with where and when he should be standing, moving and passing.

The Croatian has been a phenomenal player for Barcelona, but his time in Catalunya has come to an end.

Last year, Quique Setién's Real Betis beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou and Busquets signed a shirt to present to Setién, speaking of admiration for the way Setién saw the game.

Now Busquets gets to live in that vision for football and produce a masterpiece like Winner: Samuel Umtiti For reasons which only Ernesto Valverde will know, Samuel Umtiti has been sidelined at Barcelona this season.

Quique Setién hasn't had a bad first day at the office, has he? He's not even been in charge for a week, but already you can see how he has energised the side and got them playing a more classic Barcelona style.

Loser: La Liga For the last two years, there had been signs that Barcelona were on the decline.

Granada themselves beat Barcelona in the reverse fixture earlier in the season.

Barcelona are a side remembering who they are, and who they are is a side that has won La Liga eight times in the 11 seasons since Pep Guardiola's 2008 revolution - a revolution that Quique Setién very much believes in.