Madrid: FC Barcelona came back from 2-0 down to save a point at home to Valencia on Saturday evening.
Leo Messi scored twice to ensure Barca took a point against arguably the best Valencia performance of the season.
The visitors began the game by hitting the post and with both sides including changes due to their cup semi-finals next week, they controlled Barca’s attacks and hit the league leaders on the break.
Kevin Gameiro put Valencia into the lead after fine work from Rodrigo Moreno, although the striker had to abandon the game shortly afterwards after clashing heads with Barca’s Gerard Pique.
Dani Parejo doubled Valencia’s lead from the penalty spot after Sergi Roberto was penalized for a slight push on Daniel Wass.
A Messi penalty before halftime got Barca back into the game and he leveled the score 15 minutes after the break with a shot from outside of the area.
Okay Yokuslu gave Celta a 1-0 win at home to Sevilla, ending a run of five successive defeats and lifting them out of the bottom three, while ending a bad week to Sevilla, who lost 6-1 in the Copa del Rey to Barca on Wednesday and looked flat in Vigo. (PTI)
