Brave Barcelona finally lost to valencia

Valencia ended Barcelona’s run of 25
successive wins at the Camp Nou on
Saturday by securing a rare 3-2 win. Alexis Sanchez opened scoring for the Catalan
giants in the 7th minute before Dani Parejo
swept home and Pablo Piatti headed in for the
visitors. Lionel Messi made it 2-2 from the penalty spot
after Ricardo Costa had handled, but Valencia
grabbed a famous win when Paco Alcacer
slotted in. Barcelona’s 31 Games Unbeaten Run at Home in the La Liga Came to an End on Saturday. The La Liga champions were also reduced to 10
men when Jordi Alba was sent off for a second
bookable offense. The former Valencia player was dismissed for a
body-check on Sofiane Feghouli 13 minutes
from time. The last time the La Liga leaders lost at home
was in April 2012, in a 2-1 defeat by Real
Madrid. The defeat was only the 4th time they
have lost in La Liga when Messi has scored Atletico Madrid will have the opportunity to
leapfrog coach Gerardo Martino’s men when
they host Real Sociedad on Sunday. They are
tied on 54 points at the top of the league
standings, with Barca ahead on goal difference. Real Madrid, who have won their last five
league matches, are a point behind and are at
Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. “We will try to recover the lost ground on our
title rivals. We conceded chances to Valencia
and they took advantage of them. We need to
keep going and keep in mind how much this
hurt us today,” Martino said after Saturday’s
loss.