Celta Vigo shock 10-man Barcelona in 2-2 draw

Celta Vigo have given 10-man Barcelona a shock by scoring two late goals and snatching a 2-2 draw at home in the Spanish league. Barcelona were minutes away from a win to pad their league lead after Raphinha and Lewandowski had put them ahead. But Saturday's game dramatically swung after Barcelona defensive midfielder Marc Casadó was sent off with a second booking in the 81st minute. Moments later Jules Koundé's poor control of a ball in his area allowed Alfon González to pick his pocket and give the hosts hope in the 84th minute. Celta poured forward at Balaidos Stadium and Hugo Álvarez rifled in the 86th-minute equaliser with Barcelona unable to mark the extra man. Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, however, said that he saw it coming since his team had never been able to establish their passing game and were making mistakes even when up 2-0. "It was not only the 10 last minutes, it was the whole match. We played today a really bad game," Flick said. "The passing game for us was bad. We made a lot of mistakes and at the end we had no confidence with the ball." This was Barcelona's second straight stumble since Lamine Yamal was sidelined with an ankle injury. They lost 1-0 at Real Sociedad without Yamal before the international break. Barcelona are seven points ahead of third-place Real Madrid, who have played two fewer games. Koundé accepted the blame for what he called his "gross mistake" that helped give Celta hope. The late rally by Celta came after Raphinha had led Barcelona as he filled in for Yamal on the right side of the front three. Raphinha opened the scoring in the 15th when he ran onto a long pass by Koundé that bounced over left back Óscar Mingueza, cut back to his left foot and fired home. Lewandowski doubled the lead in the 61st after Raphinha intercepted a pass by Minqueza and set up his strike partner. The Poland striker scrambled the ball past two defenders before slotting beyond Vicente Guaita. Raphinha came close to a second goal that would have made it 3-0 when he hit the post in the 77th, just moments before the wild final stretch when it all crumbled for the visitors. Antoine Griezmann converted a late penalty to equalise and Alexander Sorloth struck an 86th-minute winner to give Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win at home over Alaves. The comeback victory lifted Atletico into second place - five points behind Barcelona. Coach Diego Simeone showed his sensitive side after the match when he choked up when speaking about this love for the team he has coached for nearly 13 years. Valencia played their first home game since last month's devastating floods that killed over 200 people in eastern Spain. The club honoured the victims before kickoff when several fans were seen to cry during the ceremony. Hugo Duro led the 4-2 win over Real Betis by scoring a double. Girona routed Espanyol 4-1 in a Catalan regional derby with Bojan Miovski's first two goals since joining the club. Mallorca forward Johan Mojica scored off a set piece from a free kick inside Las Palmas' area to complete a 3-2 win for the visitors in injury time.