<p>Barcelona got 2022 off to the perfect start as they beat Mallorca 1-0 at Son Moix.</p><p>It was a game largely dominated by chances for Luuk de Jong and it was the Dutch striker who decided the result of the game as he netted the game’s only goal on the stroke of half time.</p><p>It came after he had twice been denied by the woodwork on an evening where he could have quite easily gone home with the match ball.</p><p>In the space of one first-half minute, de Jong first poked an effort onto the base of the post before he saw a thunderous bicycle kick cannon back off the crossbar.</p><p>However, he got the goal his centre forward play deserved with less than a minute before half time as he nodded Oscar Mingueza’s teasing cross into the back of the net which had been left unattended by Manolo Reina.</p><p>After not threatening at all throughout the 90 minutes, Mallorca thought they had nicked an equaliser in the secon