Lewandowski made the starting line-up after recovering from his back problem he complained of. Gavi began for the first time after more than a year as he came back from his ACL injury. Ferran Torres is back in training following a hamstring problem, but he does not make the squad. The likes of Ansu Fati, Marc-Andre ter Stegen,Eric Garcia, Marc Bernal, Lamine Yamal, Andreas Christensen, and Ronald Araujo are still not available for Bernal he's out for the whole season.
Gerrard Martin got the first booking of the after he made a dangerous late challenge on a Celta Vigo player just in the 3rd minute.
The first big chance of the game fell for Celta when two former Barcelona players Marcus Alonso and Oscar Minguueza combined to fed club legend Iago Aspas with a good cross when he failed to make anything meaningful out of it.
Just When the host were enjoying Barca took them by surprise and captain Raphinha made use of their first shot of the game as he made something out of nothing to score his 8th goal of the season. He made light work of Oscar Mingueza before putting the ball in the net.This happened in the 15th minute.
The first ended in a closely contested game as both teams had almost equal chances, it was the away team that made use of their first clear chance that was taken by Raphinha who was fed by the inform Kounde, Celta created more that the Catalonians did but the score red 1-0.
The second half started with high spirits as Barca look a bit more composed, they extended their lead in the 61st minute through the league top scorer Robert Lewandosksi,that was his 15th goal.
Just in the twinkle of an eye Barca got red carded and the game turned over as the host got two goals in 2 minutes, the 84th and 86th. The game ended 2-2. The league leaders would be disappointed after working hard and giving away the lead in the games that late.
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