Barcelona remain third in La Liga after a late own goal rescued a draw at Rayo Vallecano.
Trailing at the break to Unai Lopez’s stunning strike, Barca dominated the second half but missed good chances.
They finally got their reward when Florian Lejeune bundled into his own net under pressure from Robert Lewandowski.
Second-placed Real Madrid face Cadiz on Sunday while leaders Girona host Athletic Bilbao on Monday.
Barcelona made six changes from the side that came from behind to beat Alaves before the international break, with goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen an absence through injury.
His replacement, Inaki Pena, looked shaky from the off and was beaten by Lopez’s ferocious right-foot effort midway through the first half.
Frustrated by a disjointed display, boss Xavi turned to former Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan from the bench and Barcelona dominated the second half.
However, despite taking 10 shots to Rayo’s three after the break, they still needed the help of Lejeune in the 82nd minute, as he clumsily steered the ball past his own goalkeeper with Lewandowski waiting to pounce.
Line-ups
Rayo Vallecano
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Dimitrievski
- 20Balliu
- 16MuminSubstituted forCissat 75′minutes
- 24Lejeune
- 12EspinoBooked at 64mins
- 7Palazón
- 17LópezBooked at 70minsSubstituted forRatiuat 78′minutes
- 23Valentín
- 19de FrutosSubstituted forDias Correiaat 68′minutes
- 34CamelloSubstituted forFalcaoat 75′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 8TrejoSubstituted forPérezat 68′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Ratiu
- 3Chavarría
- 4Pascual
- 6Pozo
- 9Falcao
- 10Dias Correia
- 11Nteka
- 13Cárdenas
- 14Pérez
- 21Ciss
- 22de Tomás
- 29Méndez
Barcelona
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Peña Sotorres
- 2Cancelo
- 15Christensen
- 5Martínez
- 3Balde
- 18RomeuBooked at 51minsSubstituted forGündoganat 55′minutes
- 21F de JongBooked at 90mins
- 27YamalSubstituted forRaphinhaat 75′minutes
- 8PedriBooked at 31minsSubstituted forLópezat 75′minutes
- 7F TorresSubstituted forJoão Félixat 55′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 9Lewandowski
Substitutes
- 4Araujo
- 11Raphinha
- 14João Félix
- 17Alonso
- 22Gündogan
- 23Koundé
- 26Astralaga
- 32López
- 34Garrido
- 35Hernández
- 36Yaakobishvili
- Referee:
- José Luis Munuera Montero
- Attendance:
- 14,148
Live Text
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Match ends, Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 1.
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Second Half ends, Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 1.
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Offside, Rayo Vallecano. Óscar Valentín tries a through ball, but Florian Lejeune is caught offside.
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Offside, Barcelona. Íñigo Martínez tries a through ball, but Robert Lewandowski is caught offside.
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Offside, Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski tries a through ball, but João Félix is caught offside.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Iván Balliu (Rayo Vallecano).
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Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
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Iván Balliu (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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João Cancelo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Florian Lejeune (Rayo Vallecano).
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João Félix (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Alejandro Balde (Barcelona).
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Kike Pérez (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Andreas Christensen (Barcelona).
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Radamel Falcao (Rayo Vallecano) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Radamel Falcao (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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João Cancelo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
