Elche v Barcelona as it happened - Xavi's team make it three league wins in a four thanks to late Depay penalty

Wow, what a frenetic finish that was!

We can catch our breath now as the referee calls time on proceedings and Barcelona have gained three hard-earned points at Martinez Valero Stadium!

Traore is upended inside the box and this looks like a stonewall penalty but instead of making a decision the referee blows the full-time whistle!

A late yellow for Depay.

Ter Stegen is at full-stretch to make the save and deny Carrillo's powerful header, keeping Barcelona ahead!

Carillo's header appears to hit the hand of Busquets but again the referee is unmoved. Tension is running very high here!

If Barcelona hold on for the win, Elche will look back on a couple of decisions that they feel have gone against them today.

Pastore, who hasn't even come on the pitch, is red carded for his appeals after Elche did not get the penalty they wanted so badly.

Elche have a penalty appeal of their own, but this time it's turned down. The ball is flicked on from a corner and it may have hit the arm of Alba. However, the referee isn't interested and VAR isn't going to overturn his decision.

Perez is on, Mascaraell is off.

Dest replaces Alves.

Depay makes no mistake from the penalty spot, smashing it into the top corner.

They've made hard work of it but with five minutes remaining Barcelona lead for the first time this afternoon.

Barragan appears to block Depay's cross with his hand and although a corner is initially awarded, VAR has a look and the referee runs to the pitchside monitor to have a second look before signalling for a spot-kick.

Torres gets in behind the home side's defence but again he fails to find the target, rifling his shot into the side-netting from a tight angle.

Will these opportunities come back to haunt Barca?

A rare foray forward from Elche! Marcone has space on the edge of the box but it's an awkward attempt and fails to trouble Ter Stegen.

The home side's goalscorer Fidel is replaced by Marcone.

Badia makes a fine stop with his feet to deny Torres a second!

Elche have nearly everyone behind the ball now and it's going to be all hands to the pump to try to hold on for a point.

With Elche clearly tiring, now they have to deal with Adama Traore, who comes on for the excellent Dembele.

Depay comes on for Aubameyang, who has endured a quiet afternoon.

Believe it or not, there wasn't a single card produced in the first half. This is now the SEVENTH since the restart as Gonzalez is cautioned.