Barcelona's stumbling form continued as they were held to a disappointing 0-0 La Liga draw at Cadiz on Thursday and ended the game with 10 men after Frenkie de Jong was sent off.
To compound their misery, coach Ronald Koeman was dismissed in the dying seconds for dissent after Sergio Busquets had kicked a second ball that was on the pitch into an opposition player to get the game stopped.
Both sides struggled to create chances in a dull opening period, but the match came alive after the break.
Cadiz striker Alvaro Negredo forced Marc-Andre ter Stegen into a fine stop seconds after the restart, before Barcelona's Memphis Depay failed to make contact with a Luuk de Jong cross with the goal gaping.
Depay was denied by a smart stop from Jeremias Ledesma as Barca looked to take control of the game, but things went downhill in the 65th minute when midfielder De Jong was shown his second yellow card in four minutes for a lunging tackle.
Koeman's side were indebted to Ter Stegen as he denied Salvi Sanchez one-on-one and Ruben Sobrino fired the rebound wide with the goal gaping.
Depay missed a golden opportunity to win it for Barca in the fourth minute of stoppage time following a charge upfield by defender Gerard Pique, but dragged his shot wide and the spoils were shared.
The draw left Barca seventh in the standings with nine points from five games, while Cadiz are 14th with six points from six matches.
Match Sheet
0.- Cadiz: Ledesma, Arzamendia (Perea, min. 57), Haroyan, Chust, Pacha Espino, Fali Alarcon (Jonsson, min. 40), Alvaro JG (Salvador Sanchez, min. 46), Iza (Akapo, min. 79), Sobrino, Negredo (Lozano, min. 57).
0.- Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Dest (Riqui Puig, min. 80), Pique, Araujo, Mingueza, Busquets, Frenkie De Jong, Gavi (Nico Gonzalez, min. 73), Demir (Sergi Roberto, min. 46), Memphis, Luuk De Jong (Coutinho, min. 68).
Goals: None
Referee: Del Cerro Grande (Madrid). Yellow cards: Frenkie de Jong (Min. 61) for Barcelona, Frenkie de Jong (Min. 65) for Barcelona, Sergi Roberto (Min. 65) for Barcelona, Haroyan (Min. 68) for Cadiz, Akapo (Min. 88) for Cadiz, Tomas Alarcon (Min. 90) for Cadiz, Busquets (Min. 96) for Barcelona
Red cards: Frenkie de Jong (Min. 65) for Barcelona
Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla
Attendance: 39,737
Line-ups
Cadiz XI: Álvaro Negredo, V. Haroyan, Sobrino, Isaac Carcelén, Fali Jiménez, J. Ledesma, A.Jiménez, A. Espino, S. Arzamendia, T. Alarcón, Víctor Chust
Subs: J.Cala, A. Lozano, Alberto Perea, Álex, David Gil, Andone, Salvi, J. Jønsson, Carlos Akapo, M. López, Martín Calderón, Álvaro Bastida
Barcelona XI: Pique, Busquets, Luuk de Jong, Ter Stegen, Depay, De Jong, Ronald Araujo, Dest, Óscar Mingueza, Y. Demir, Gavi
Subs: Coutinho, Neto, Roberto, Umtiti, Lenglet, Pena, Eric Garcia, Riqui Puig, Nico González
As_maliq
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Fo0tBall♡L0vE
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Missing me??
FemiBalogun
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I'm not surprise at all, I could remembered what happened to Madrid after ronaldo left, lopetigue played 14 matches and won only 4,you must feels the absence of ronaldo and messi when they are not on the pitch,take it or leave it barca will miss 50+ goals in their journey this season no matter who they buy,Madrid missed the same when cr7 left,I believed barca will bounce back but the period depends on how the coach, board and the remaining players respond to the absence of messi.
N0_N0NsENSE
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Barcelona fans hoping for a win, meanwhile Koeman
Brightberry
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Depay turned to Werner tonight!! 😳
ZOGAMTANGVAL
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The new version
♥️MADRIDISTA♥️
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Barca fan's : I Wasted my sleep time just to watch barca draw against CADIZ 😂😂😂😂
♥️MADRIDISTA♥️
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Koeman : MY Son De Jong Got Red Card For no reason 😂😂😂😂
N0_N0NsENSE
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BEST PLAYERS AT BARÇA RIGHT NOW 🤡🤡
Aleonhkss
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They are going through what we went through called post- Messi Ronaldo era. stay strong lads.
Gershon4366
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But why won't they replace Koeman with this man at the moment.
Desmondeyum
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Depay has return to default settings (Man UTD version)
VlSHALCR7
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Missing me??
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he is also missing in psg 😂😂
themainman
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😂😂.. meanwhile Juventus = Arsenal Pro Max ++
Richieefunds
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Depay turned to Werner tonight!! 😳
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More like your martial
fizzbizzie
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Missing me??
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as if he has any effect at psg
xans
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I'm not surprise at all, I could remembered what happened to Madrid after ronaldo left, lopetigue played 14 matches and won only 4,you must feels the absence of ronaldo and messi when they are not on the pitch,take it or leave it barca will miss 50+ goals in their journey this season no matter who they buy,Madrid missed the same when cr7 left,I believed barca will bounce back but the period depends on how the coach, board and the remaining players respond to the absence of messi.
But Barca fans have audacity to say Ronaldo destroys teams and leaves
dipaceopt
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I'm not surprise at all, I could remembered what happened to Madrid after ronaldo left, lopetigue played 14 matches and won only 4,you must feels the absence of ronaldo and messi when they are not on the pitch,take it or leave it barca will miss 50+ goals in their journey this season no matter who they buy,Madrid missed the same when cr7 left,I believed barca will bounce back but the period depends on how the coach, board and the remaining players respond to the absence of messi.
ur a real football fun✌️💯
alota-ae
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Depay turned to Werner tonight!! 😳
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Because people started hyping him to much and now he just messes around in the field. as a coach I will take him out or bench him for all these misses.
Brazil4Everr
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Barcelona will soon be called Barcenal