Barcelona 1-2 Deportivo Alaves
Barcelona suffered a massive shock defeat at home to Deportivo Alaves. The newly promoted side produced a magnificent defensive performance, with Barcelona struggling to break them down. Deyverson gave the visitors the lead with a shock goal at the near post to take the lead going into the break.
Before the second half even had time to breathe, Jeremy Mathieu equalised for Barcelona from a corner. With Barcelona looking dead cert to win as they piled on the pressure, Alaves silenced the Camp Nou for a second time, with Ibai Gomez’s well taken goal giving Alaves the lead yet again. Even with Leo Messi, Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta coming on, Barcelona were unable to earn an equaliser, with Alaves cemeting a historic win.
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3 – Barcelona have started three different goalkeepers in as many games in La Liga, with Claudio Bravo starting the opener, followed by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen in the 2nd game, with Jasper Cillessen
2 – Jasper Cillesen conceded for Barcelona in only the second shot he faced in his nascent Blaugrana career.
16 – The last time Deportivo Alaves beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou was 16 years ago, when Nan Ribera scored in a 1-0 win in Feb, 2000.
2- Deyverson is the 2nd player to score both against Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga in 2016, after Willian José.
100 – Luis Suarez made his 100th appearance for Barcelona, coming on in the 66th minute. The Uruguayan has scored 88 goals for the Catalans in all competitions.
35.71% – Ibai Gomez has scored 14 goals in La Liga in his entire career, with 5 goals scored against Barcelona or Real Madrid, which is over a third of his goals.
25 – The last 25 goalscorers for for Barcelona in La Liga have all been born outside of Spain.
2010 – The last time a La Liga champion lost at home to a promoted side was six years ago, when Barcelona lost to Hercules.
173 – Javier Mascherano has equaled Michel Reiziger as the player with the most La Liga games for Barcelona without scoring.
