After dropping at domestic to Real Betis remaining weekend and being dumped into the Europa League through Bayern Munich on Wednesday, Barca may want to handiest muster a point in opposition to Osasuna, who take a seat eleventh and at the moment are winless in 8 league matches.
The deflation for Xavi Hernandez's team can be heightened via the manner of Osasuna's equaliser, coming so late in the game after 19-12 months-olds, Nico Gonzalez and Abde Ezzalzouli, had set them on path for victory. Instead, Chimy Avila drove into the corner to steady a draw for Osasuna that was as dramatic as it turned into deserved. David Garcia had earlier levelled for them two minutes after Nico's opener.
Barca may want to have achieved with the improve to morale after being thumped by way of Bayern again in midweek, but additionally dropped more factors in their pursuit of La Liga's pinnacle 4. They are actually 5 factors at the back of fourth-positioned Atletico Madrid and 15 adrift of Real Madrid, with the two Madrid golf equipment up in opposition to each different on the Santiago Bernabeu afterward Sunday.
Barcelona have been in advance in the 12th minute whilst Abde's shot from distance came lower back to Gavi, who had time to look up and see Nico's dart in behind the Osasuna defence. Nico's manipulate turned into just exact enough to allow a poke at the stretch into the internet for his first expert purpose. Two mins later, though, Osasuna were degree, as a flailing arm from Gavi into Kike Garcia earned the home facet a loose-kick out wide. Jon Moncayola swung it into the field, wherein David Garcia rose excessive and guided a tremendous header into the nook.
Barcelona struggled to regain their rhythm for the rest of the primary half of however regained their lead early inside the 2nd. Osasuna desired a penalty whilst Gavi's clearance struck the hand of Sergio Busquets but not anything changed into given and Barca broke fast. The ball become spread proper to Ousmane Dembele, whose chipped cross turned into flicked out of the attain of Frenkie de Jong but to the returned submit, in which Abde was unfastened. He hooked the bouncing ball high into the internet.
Abde celebrated with staff and gamers on the bench but the contest was some distance from over, with Osasuna greater than a suit for his or her combatants and developing in self belief the longer Barcelona went with out a third. And inside the 86th minute, they struck, Barca failing to clear a move and the ball spilling out to Avila on the brink of the place. He drove low and difficult, through the cluster of bodies and into the lowest nook.
