La Liga leaders Barcelona stumbled 1-0 at dwelling in opposition to Leganes on Sunday as they suffered one other blow within the Spanish title race.
Sergio Gonzalez headed dwelling from a nook after 4 minutes for the visiting minnows and the Catalans missed a bunch of presentable probabilities as they did not mount a comeback.
After an outstanding begin to the season, Barcelona have misplaced three of their final six league video games and received simply a type of, with their lead whittled away.
Hansi Flick’s facet are degree on factors with Atletico Madrid, second, and lead third-place Actual Madrid by a single level, having performed one additional sport than each their title rivals.
“It was a messed-up sport, it is unimaginable to be joyful. I believe we began the sport half asleep,” Pedri advised DAZN.
“We wakened, we created probabilities however we did not have the spark we would have liked to get the purpose…
“We’ve got to be higher in entrance of purpose if we need to win factors, we’re in a foul run within the league and we now have to show it round.”
Barcelona began within the worst doable approach as their former youth participant Munir El Haddadi broke in down the correct and compelled a tremendous save from Inaki Pena at his close to submit.
From the ensuing nook Leganes took the lead, with Sergio Gonzalez powering a header dwelling 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 high 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 crew’s most potent menace as traditional.
The 17-year-old lashed narrowly over after gliding previous Javi Hernandez as Barcelona turned the screw.
Regardless of his ankle subject and Ferran Torres warming up, Yamal emerged for the second half.
Kounde screwed a shot narrowly extensive after Dani Olmo nudged the ball by means of for him.
Neither Lewandowski nor Olmo had been on music and Flick changed the pair with Torres and Fermin Lopez for the ultimate 25 minutes.
Leganes held agency with Barcelona solely capable of 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 received a free-kick on the sting of Leganes’ space however Raphinha whipped it over the crossbar to finish a completely irritating night time as Leganes earned a primary away win at Barca.
Barcelona host Atletico of their closing match of the 12 months subsequent weekend.
Leganes’ victory moved them 4 factors away from the relegation zone.
“It is a historic victory… and I am so joyful for having executed it, this crew has a number of character and persona, we’re very united and I’m pleased with the crew,” stated goalscorer Gonzalez.
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