Iniesta adds artistry to the Barça record book

The majestic football Barça is playing is currently hand in hand with the record books. Barça strokes the ball and records tumble, one after the other, regardless of the perpetrator or the victim. The passing game played by ‘Los Culés’ wiped Marcelo Bielsa's team off the map on Saturday, proving Tito is in charge of a squad with more treats than a sweet shop.
One name emerged out of the sea of statistics once again - that of Andrés Iniesta, who shined brightly during a great overall team performance. Iniesta waltzed around the opposition and left them standing in their tracks, he did a 'no look pass' without shifting his gaze, set up goals and was given an ovation by the crowd. And then coincidentally, when he was substituted it was as if the popcorn had suddenly run out. There were no more goals and the game was over and done with.
Iniesta's performance cannot be understood without harking back to the days of Michael Laudrup, who was his childhood hero. He paid homage to his idol when he delivered a pass to Cesc Fàbregas with the outside of his foot without even looking at him, in the build-up to the fourth goal, and he went round the opposition with the Dane's signature dribble, switching the ball quickly from one foot to the other.
The recital by one of the three candidates for the Ballon d'Or, who no one tips to win it, was incredible. Athletic breathed a sigh of relief when Tito Vilanova decided to rest Iniesta in the 73rd minute. The match was already in the bag for Barcelona by then, Barça having got the better of its rival with Iniesta as field commander in chief.