Ex-Barcelona goalkeeper Jordi Masip saved a penalty from Lionel Messi but an earlier successful conversion sunk Valladolid at Camp Nou.
Match Report
Gerard Pique won the 43rd-minute spot kick that proved the difference between the sides but, following back-to-back draws against Valencia and Athletic Bilbao in the top flight, Ernesto Valverde's men were again short of their fluent best.
Those previous results and Atletico Madrid's win over third-bottom Rayo Vallecano earlier on Saturday meant Barca went into the game with their now-restored lead at the top trimmed to four points.
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Match Events
43'Penalty Goal! Barcelona 1-0 Valladolid (Messi)
No mistake from Messi, who finds the bottom-right corner with pinpoint precision. Masip went the right way, but couldn’t get there.
52' CHANCE! Messi's shot wide out
Dembele breaks through Valladolid’s lines, and this time makes the right decision in teeing up Messi. Unusually, though, Messi takes a heavy first touch, and is unable to curl his resulting effort home.
85'Penalty Missed! (Messi)
Masip’s extraordinary performance just got even better! Messi went the same way with his penalty as he did from 12 yards in the first half, but Valladolid’s goalkeeper got down to it. Messi got to the rebound, sending a looping header goalwards, but Masip was right back on his feet to grasp the ball in his right hand and give the visitors hope!
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: L. Messi, Prince, T. Vermaelen, Piqué, Vidal, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, M. ter Stegen, S.Roberto, Carles Aleñá, O. Dembélé
Subs: L. Suárez, I. Rakitić, Philippe Coutinho, Lenglet, Semedo, Malcom, Iñaki Peña
Valladolid XI: Kiko Olivas, Míchel, Antoñito, Nacho Martínez, Jordi Masip, Sergi Guardiola, Joaquín Fernández, E.Ünal, Anuar Tuhami, Verde, Fernando Calero
Subs: Borja Fernández, Duje Cop, Javi Moyano, Yoel Rodríguez, Keko, Toni Suárez, S. Plaza
gaurav12704
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To be honest Real Madrid have the right to troll barca fans now atleast..we played horribly,I mean what is the problem with prince and Suarez,suarez littlerally missed the chances which even I would have scored,that’s not how you perform in a club like FC Barcelona,real is far better than us now,and with crunch games approaching like Madrid Sevilla Lyon I guess we might lose the title if we play like this
Rahulmessiarg
374
This is really horrible performance specially in the attack it all went wrong. Barcelona didn't deserve the win today considering so many chances gone for begging. Don't what's wrong with Messi, Suarez and Coutinho my god. Dembele played well but should have gone for goal instead every time passing to Messi. Too much conscious our players are which Valverde and Barca must change of they want win trophies this season. This way we can't win any trophy.
DaMhztourage
365
Barcelona could not get past their former keeper, who almost saved Messi's first penalty , fantastic goalkeeping by Masip.
phantomdase
345
All the players did their best, I don't think anyone hear need a goal more than Suarez, prince or messi, i mean the day is just a hard luck day for us, we did all the work but to Net was very, I still see positive in the performance 1- our forward is regaining it fast momentum, creating more chances 2. messi is back to his form again taking on as many defenders 3: Alena is becoming a reason to watch barca matches 4 dembele is back to prove we can look up to him
Temajung
334
THE worst ever match I've ever watched as a football Fan ..... the whole Valladolid team without goalkeeper....404(error) Messi........fair Boateng.....error Suarez.......error Dembele.....not found Coutinho......error(404) Valladolid goalkeeper(Kassip)....Superb display
leofrankid12
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full meaning of MASIP M - MESSI A- AND S- SUARES I- IN P- PRESSURE lol😀😀😀
RiyaadRaJ
299
This isn’t Barca and this isn’t a game for the fans. It’s horrendous and lack of tactics from Barca. This not the good beginning for Barca b4 UCL. They played so poor to watch. If they play like this then Allah knows what will happen to them in UCL. Total disaster in mid-field, passIng is slow, man marking is like crazy shit, and the opportunities they missed today is crazy. Prince, Suarez and mighty Messî all went to the same direction though king Leo get a goal but they all played Pathetic. Mr. Valverde u have to change ur tactics and tell them to prepare for UCL and rest of the game left wch Barca should win. This is not the way man. Ian a Barca fan but don’t like to watch this kind a game. But nothing to do we the fans for Barca will always watch and support Barca but at-least we want a game full of joy. So bring back the glorious days like b4. King Messî plz give Barca treble this term I know if u want then anything is possible. Thanks to all and keep supporting Barcelona always. I hope all will be sort out and Barca will fight back like roaring Tiger. -From Bangladesh
Sahabonasir
297
Tomorrow's headline will be Barca win as Messi scored a penalty and loses a penalty
benchukky
284
and he got a new contract for this.
dettaboss4l
276
Prince : I'm gonna be the worst player today Suarez : Hold my beer [Sadtolook][Sadtolook][Sadtolook][Sadtolook][Sadtolook][Sadtolook][Sadtolook]
osdel
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summary of today's game: create the chances, look for a striker to waste it
footballfanatic7298
164
let's take a moment to laugh at barca board for extending valverdes contract
Davidstreber
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