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La Liga leaders Barcelona stumbled 1-0 in the home versus Leganes on Sunday as they skilled yet another strike within the Spanish title race. Sergio Gonzalez headed house from an edge after 4 minutes for the seeing minnows and the Catalans missed out on a number of good prospects as they fell quick to put in a resurgence. After a wonderful starting to the interval, Barcelona have truly shed 3 of their final 6 group video video games and gained merely amongst these, with their lead undermined.
Hansi Flick’s facet are diploma on components with Atletico Madrid, 2nd, and lead third-place Real Madrid by a solitary issue, having truly performed one added online game than each their title opponents.
“It was a messed-up game, it’s impossible to be happy. I think we started the game half asleep,” Pedri knowledgeable DAZN.
“We awoke, we created probabilities however we didn’t have the spark we wanted to get the purpose…
“We need to be much better before objective if we intend to win factors, we remain in a poor run in the organization and we need to transform it around.”
Barcelona began within the worst doable approach as their former youth participant Munir El Haddadi broke in down the suitable and compelled a effective save from Inaki Pena at his close to submit.
From the ensuing nook Leganes took the lead, with Sergio Gonzalez powering a header house to stun the Olympic stadium into silence.
From there Barcelona dominated in opposition to the guests, fifteenth, and created a number of probabilities however discovered an impressed Marko Dmitrovic of their approach.
The Serbian goalkeeper twice denied La Liga’s prime goalscorer Robert Lewandowski, who additionally headed over the bar from Jules Kounde’s cross.
Dmitrovic produced an outstanding save to thwart Brazilian winger Raphinha, tipping his highly effective effort in opposition to the crossbar.
Barcelona’s teenage wing wizard Lamine Yamal harm his ankle in a problem within the first half however regardless of the ache affecting him, continued to play and was his workforce’s most potent menace as ordinary.
The 17-year-old lashed narrowly over after gliding previous Javi Hernandez as Barcelona turned the screw.
Despite his ankle problem and Ferran Torres warming up, Yamal emerged for the second half.
Kounde screwed a shot narrowly extensive after Dani Olmo nudged the ball via for him.
Neither Lewandowski nor Olmo had been on track and Flick changed the pair with Torres and Fermin Lopez for the ultimate 25 minutes.
Leganes held agency with Barcelona solely in a position to create half-chances, till Raphinha and Torres mixed to tee up Kounde, however he pulled his shot throughout the face of purpose and extensive.
In stoppage time, Barcelona gained a free-kick on the sting of Leganes’ space however Raphinha whipped it over the crossbar to finish a completely irritating evening as Leganes earned a primary away win at Barca.
Barcelona host Atletico of their last match of the yr subsequent weekend.
Leganes’ victory moved them 4 factors away from the relegation zone.
“It’s a historical triumph … and I’m so delighted for having actually done it, this group has a great deal of personality and individuality, we’re extremely unified and I take pride in the group,” claimed goalscorer Gonzalez.
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