Espanyol v Barcelona - as it happened
Live coverage of the La Liga clash between Espanyol and Barcelona at the RCDE Stadium. Barcelona need at least a point to get back into the top four.
List of goalscorers
Match report in news
End of match
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97'FT: Espanyol (10) 2-2 (10) Barcelona!! All over in Barcelona and it ends all square. Pedri had put Barca ahead, but Darder levelled before the break. RDT had put Espanyol in front in the 64th minute and then, after both teams had a man sent off, Luuk de Jong headed in in stoppage time. Thanks for your company and see you again soon!
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96'Espanyol are gutted and there's a red card for someone on the Espanyol bench, but the goal is perfectly legal.
Goaaaaaal!
de Barcelona en el 96'
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Statistics of Luuk De Jong in Primera División2160.29010
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96'Barca level at the death!!! Traore's ball into the box is headed in by L de Jong!!!
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92'Melamed and Pique have been sent off here!!! Chaos! Pique wins the ball off Pedrosa but then Melamed and Pique start fighting. Both players then get a yellow and Pique is off as he was on a yellow. Melamed didn't take notice of the yellow and saw a second for continuing the argument.
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91'De Jong!!! Dembele's ball into the box is headed over the bar by De Jong!
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91'Six added minutes.
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90'Barca get a corner, but it's cleared!
Substitution
at Espanyol
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89'Espanyol sub: Calero on for A Vidal.
Substitution
at Barcelona
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88'Barca sub: Pedri is replaced by L de Jong.
Yellow card
a Barcelona
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83'Nico is booked for protesting.
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82'Aleix Vidal does not look to be 100%, but he is carrying on.
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79'RDT has an effort, but fails to hit the target.
Yellow card
a Barcelona
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78'Melamed is the victim of a nasty tackle by E Garcia and the ref shows yellow to the Barca man.
Yellow card
a Espanyol
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76'Puado is also cautioned.
Yellow card
a Barcelona
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74'Pique is booked for a foul.
Substitution
at Barcelona
Substitution
at Barcelona
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72'Barca double sub: Gavi is replaced by Nico and Dembele is on for Alba.
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72'A ball forward looks for Ferran Torres, but he can't get there.
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68'Pique's shot is easy for D Lopez.
Goaaaaaal!
de Espanyol en el 64'
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Statistics of Raúl De Tomás in Primera División34170.5361
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64'RDT scores!!! Espanyol gives the hosts the lead!!! We're in for a shock!! A long pass forward by Darder is controlled by RDT and he beats Ter Stegen!
Substitution
at Espanyol
Substitution
at Barcelona
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62'Barca sub: Auba on for De Jong.
Substitution
at Espanyol
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61'Espanyol double sub: Melamed and Morlanes on for Vilhena and Bare.
Yellow card
a Espanyol
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60'Vilhena is cautioned for a foul on Busquets just outside the Espanyol box.
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56'Gavi scores as Espanyol claim an offside!! A wayward shot is touched by Pedri, the ball strikes De Jong, who looks to be offside, Gavi then gets the ball and he beats the GK! Very scrappy.
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54'Espanyol get themselves a corner.
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51'There's a fast tempo to this one.
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48'The ball hits the ref and play continues.
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46'Barca get us going again!
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45'Barca HT sub: Eric Garcia is on for Araujo.
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45'HT: Espanyol 1-1 Barcelona! Half-time at the RCDE Stadium and it's been a good contest. Pedri's second minute goal gave Barca the lead and the game became a bit rough. Then, Barca looked more dangerous and Traore nearly made it 0-2, but then Darder levelled with a nice goal. Espanyol then had a good spell to end the half. Evenish. Back shortly!
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45'Barca go forward and threaten, but Alba hits it away from goal. It has been open since the 1-1 goal.
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45'One added minute.
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44'Darder runs forward and he hits wide!
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41'Ferran Torres heads Traore's cross wide.
Goaaaaaal!
de Espanyol en el 40'
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Statistics of Sergi Darder in Primera División3630.08940
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40'Darder levels for the home side!! RDT gets the ball into the box, he's stopped by Araujo so he has turn and find Darder who hits one into the far corner. It takes a nick off Pedri and that takes it into the goal!
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39'Puado has en effort which is deflected through to Ter Stegen.
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37'Traore!!! Gavi puts in a cross from the by-line and the Wolves man's powerful strike is well saved by the GK and then Ferran Torres heads over!
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34'Alba wants a penalty for handball, but the ref rightly says it's by his side. Corner.
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33'Traore runs through into Espanyol's half, he beats three and then Cabrera clears it!
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30'Espanyol get a free-kick.
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29'Gavi is flagged offside.
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27'Alba gets the corner for the away side.
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26'Traore goes forward, Gavi gets the ball, De Jong puts the ball into the area and Traore is penalised for a foul in the box.
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24'Bare makes a poor challenge on Araujo and he fully deserves his booking. A mini fight then breaks out, but it's quickly broken up. Absolutely no need for that tackle.
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23'Puado is caught offside. A tight one.
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22'The fans are applauding in tribute to the late Dani Jarque.
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22'Espanyol are flagged offside.
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20'Barca's free-kick into the box is cleared and RDT is fouled.
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16'Barca win a free-kick after a foul on Gavi.
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12'Let's hope the players calm down a bit and it's all very tense at the moment.
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11'And another foul here...
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9'Espanyol want a yellow card after a pull back by Busquets, but the ref says just a foul.
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7'Bare and Ferran Torres get into an argument as Torres just kicks the ball away and the ref calls for calm.
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6'Chance for RDT, but his left footed shot from inside the area goes wide.
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5'Corner kick for the home side here.
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4'Espanyol are having some possession after that early setback.
Goaaaaaal!
de Barcelona en el 2'
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Statistics of Pedri in Primera División1230.25100
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2'Pedri scores! Barca take the lead in the 2nd minute!!! Alba's ball into the box finds Pedri at the back stick who hits home!
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1'Espanyol get us going in the blue and white from left to right while Barca are in yellow!
Start of match
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PRVWThe players come out here in Barcelona!
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PRVWAlves is replaced by Dest in the only Barca change from the 4-2 win over Atletico Madrid. Alves saw red in that fixture.
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PRVWGil, Morlanes, Melendo and Dimata are replaced by Vidal, Bare, Herrera and RDT for Espanyol from the 2-1 loss at Athletic Bilbao.
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PRVWIt's 13 degrees and dry in Barcelona for this one.
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PRVWAlejandro Hernandez Hernandez is the referee while Jose Luis Gonzalez Gonzalez is the VAR.
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PRVW13th v 5th. 27pts v 38pts.
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PRVWBarcelona XI: Ter Stegen (GK); J Alba, Pique, Araujo, Dest; Pedri, Busquets, F de Jong; Gavi, F Torres and A Traore.
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PRVWEspanyol XI: D Lopez (GK); Pedrosa, Cabrera, S Gomez, A Vidal; Vilhena, Darder, Bare, Herrera, Puado; RDT.
Pre-match
13 February 2022, 21:00
Referee: Hernández Hernández | VAR: González González
Stadium: RCDE Stadium
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PRVWHello and welcome to live coverage of the La Liga game between Espanyol and Barcelona!