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Barcelona have lost further ground in the race for La Liga and finish the weekend in 3rd place after rescuing a late point away at Villarreal.
The Yellow Submarine will rue the fact that they dropped two points to move back into the Top 4 but the draw will arguably be felt harder by the Catalan giants.
Nicola Sansone fired the hosts ahead, a low angled finish after ex-Chelsea loan signing Alexandre Pato’s threaded pass.
Messi hit a post and Barca were denied a penalty when Bruno handled a shot by the Argentina forward, before Messi’s brilliant set-piece goal.
Villarreal would end the game with 10 men but the sending off was in the dying seconds leaving Barcelona no time to make the most of the numerical on pitch advantage.
That draw puts more pressure on not the Barcelona players but Luis Enrique himself. If Barcelona fail to win the title this season or even run Real Madrid close then it could be that Enrique’s time at the Camp Nou comes to a close.
They now find themselves 5 points behind Real Madrid who have a game in hand, while also a point behind Sevilla who moved up to second thanks to their win on Saturday.
Here is all you need to know from last night
