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Barcelona 1-1 Eibar: Koeman’s males battle with out Messi
Ousmane Dembele cancelled out Kike Garcia’s opener as Barcelona, who missed a penalty by way of Martin Braithwaite, have been held by Eibar.
Lionel Messi’s absence was sorely felt by Barcelona on Tuesday as Ronald Koeman’s aspect have been held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Eibar at Camp Nou.
Barca had given Messi – who was watching from the stands – a break to nurse an ankle damage, however the six-time Ballon d’Or winner’s creativity and aim menace was badly missed because the hosts dropped factors for the eighth time in 15 LaLiga video games this season.
Martin Braithwaite was duly punished for an early penalty miss – a LaLiga-high third of the marketing campaign for the Catalan giants – when Kike Garcia took full benefit of a Ronald Araujo error within the 57th minute.
Substitute Ousmane Dembele salvaged a draw for Barca 10 minutes later, though they’re seven factors behind leaders Atletico Madrid regardless of having performed two video games extra.
Barca squandered a golden alternative to take an eighth-minute lead, Braithwaite dragging his spot-kick extensive after referee Javier Alberola Rojas had used the pitchside monitor to penalise Pedro Bigas for a foul on Araujo.
The Denmark worldwide thought he had made amends shortly after the halfway level of the primary half, however his cool strike from Junior Firpo’s cross was dominated out by VAR for offside.
Antoine Griezmann then pulled an effort extensive from exterior the penalty space as Barca went in on the interval having had only a solitary shot on the right track.
Dembele and Miralem Pjanic flashed strikes extensive within the early levels of the second half earlier than the previous was denied by Marko Dmitrovic after being performed clear by way of.
The Frenchman was made to pay for that miss when Kike picked Araujo’s pocket contained in the Barca half and coolly slotted previous Marc Ande ter Stegen for his fifth aim of the marketing campaign.
Dembele belatedly acquired the higher of Dmitrovic within the 67th minute, firing house on the again publish after Junior’s cross flashed throughout the face of aim.
Francisco Trincao clipped narrowly extensive of Dmitrovic’s right-hand publish in stoppage time as Barca missed the chance to make up floor on Atleti forward of the leaders’ conflict with Getafe on Wednesday.
