Espanyol 1-1 Barcelona: Gerard Pique earns point to preserve unbeaten record
Gerard Pique saved Barcelona’s unbeaten record with an 82nd minute header against Espanyol during a brutal derby on a waterlogged pitch in Cornella.
Barcelona rested Lionel Messi and nearly paid the price after Gerard Moreno nodded Espanyol ahead in the second half, before Pique’s intervention.
Philippe Coutinho curled an effort against the crossbar in the 22nd minute as Barcelona looked for the breakthrough, with Leo Baptistao heading narrowly over at the other end.
The forward set up Moreno to score right at the start of the second half but the goal was correctly disallowed as the ball had gone out of play before Baptistao crossed it.
However Moreno was on target in the 66th minute, heading home Sergio Garcia’s peach of a cross.
Barcelona failed to create many openings due to terrible playing conditions on the waterlogged pitch but Pique headed home in the 83rd minute to level.
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