First Division - Day 27

Deportivo 2 - Barcelona 1

Deportivo: Lux; Juanfran (Laure 86’), Albentosa, Arribas, Fernando Navarro; Celso Borges, Alex Bergantiños; Bruno Gama (Kakuta 71’), Fayçal Fajr, Carles Gil (Emre Çolak 62‘); Joselu. 4-2-3-1.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mascherano, Piqué, Jordi Alba; André Gomes (Rakitic 58‘), Sergi Roberto, Busquets, Denis Suárez (Paco Alcácer 77’); Messi, Luis Suárez, Arda Turan (Iniesta 58’). 3-4-3.

Goals:
1-0. 40. Joselu. Shot from close to goal after defence failed to clear Fajr corner.
1-1. 49. Luis Suárez. Volleyed shot past Lux after André laid back Denis centre.
2-1. 81. Bergantiños. Far post header down past Ter Stegen from Çolak corner.

Yellow cards: Fernando Navarro 14’, Joselu 36’.

Barcelona drop below Real Madrid to second place after they were beaten 2-1 at a rainy Deportivo on Sunday afternoon. Luis Enrique’s side were on a high after their epic come-back against Paris Saint Germain on Wednesday, but without the injured Neymar they were unable to make many inroads in to a well ordered defence. Ter Stegen had to save from Bruno Gama and Joselu in the opening minutes, and some five minutes before the break Joselu opened the scoring after Mascherano and the keeper were unable to clear a Fayçal Fajr corner. Soon after the restart Luis Suárez equalized after André Gomes played back a Denis Suárez centre, but with a quarter of an hour to go the referee erroneously gave a corner to the hosts after a header from Arribas hit the post, and Alex Bergantiños got on the end of Çolak’s kick to head in the winner. Lux did have to save from Luis Suárez later on, but Fajr should also have wrapped things up when free on goal, Ter Stegen keeping out his first shot and Jordi Albar clearing the follow up off the line. A great result for Pepe Mel’s side, who are now eight points clear of the drop zone.