Thierry Henry, on the day FIFA announced they had opened proceedings
against him for his infamous handball, helped Barcelona open up
a five-point lead at the top of the Primera Division with a solid
2-0 victory over bottom club Xerez.
Henry opened the scoring a minute after half-time for his first
goal since his hugely controversial handball last month that helped
France reach the World Cup finals at the expense of the Republic
of Ireland.
It is that handball that could lead to the veteran striker possibly
being banned for the start of next summer's World Cup finals after
FIFA announced that their disciplinary committee were looking into
the incident.
Henry put that development aside to help Barca further strengthen
their grip at the top of the league in their re-arranged fixture
against Xerez, with substitute Zlatan Ibrahimovic adding a late
second for the champions.
The game was initially meant to be played during the 15th round
of Primera Division fixtures on the weekend of December 19-20, but
due to Barca's commitments in the FIFA Club World Cup this month
the game was brought forward.
Having returned to the top of the table with Sunday's 1-0 win over
erstwhile leaders Real Madrid in `El Clasico', Barca came into the
game knowing another victory would put significant daylight between
them and their arch-rivals from the capital.
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