Lionel Messi scored his fifth goal in six games since returning from injury and Ivan Rakitic scored his first championship, but Barcelona Neymar accused downward Saturday and gave their third successive draw in all competitions the 2-2 draw with visiting Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish league.
Barca, who weekday leveled 1-1 at Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League seven days ago the points 1-1 is also divided, with Valencia in the domestic championship, still leads the tournament with 35 points for the 15th date, but it could be achieved in qualifying for Atletico Madrid when the team led the Argentine Diego Simeone, now with 32 points, winning on Sunday against Athletic Bilbao.
Real Madrid, third with 30, closed Sunday Villarreal programming court.
Deportivo, with 23 units surprise classified sixth, benefited from the absence of injured Neymar, who watched the game from the stands, hoping to contest the World Club Barca begin play Thursday in Japan.
Messi put Barca ahead in the team with a direct free kick goal in the 39th minute and Rakitic expanded to 62, but Luis Enrique not able to maintain their perfect record in their stadium and, like last season by the last date, the reaction was allowed to Deportivo, who leveled with goals from Lucas Perez (77) and Alex Bergantinos (86).
"It was inexplicable, especially at the end, when we escaped and gave control facilities," lamented midfielder Andres Iniesta. "We are going points in two weeks that make them tighten around a bit more. Now it change the chip, because we play a title."
Luis Enrique, meanwhile, considered misleading results.
"Deportivo have fortune. They have taken an unfair point. The last 15 minutes we have not been good. I expected more from the changes. The same was my mistake," said the Barcelona coach.
In other collations, Iago Aspas (42) signed a goal by poking the ball over the keeper and gave the victory to Celta Vigo 1-0 Espanyol on local, who failed to take advantage of the expulsion of Chilean Pablo Hernandez (48 ). The three points harvested served the team led by Argentine Eduardo Berizzo to consolidate fourth place with 28.
The Venezuelan Adalberto Peñaranda (50 and 88) scored his first two goals in the league and urged the triumph of Granada, Levante 2-1 pitch that temporarily leveled via Simao Mate (66) but saw the Andalusian distanced of the relegation zone.
"Goals are the dedicated to my family and my coach, who has always supported me. The team worked hard, but this is not over and we must continue," said Penaranda.
Kevin Gameiro (75 and 80) also held a double for Sevilla, who defeated local, 2-0 at Sporting Gijon and climbed to seventh place.
At the end of the day, Liverpool beat Betis 1-0 with a goal in injury time of Willian José and left the bottom of the list.
Deportivo played with three points and in order to disturb the launching quick counter Barsa, always looking for the figure of Perez, one-touch business and lethal in the area.
Although the home side missed the spontaneity of Neymar, Messi, Luis Suarez and Iniesta they took the initiative, seeking to open a hole in the well-placed Deportivo defense and stressed.
What the team of Luis Enrique failed Messi got moving pieces. The Argentine tried first with a free kick from the right, well saved by his compatriot Germán Lux; but the second attempt of Rosario, minutes later, with the ball 22 meters from bow was unstoppable for the visitors, as rope up on the left corner.
Suarez eagerly sought by the second as Messi Barca measured their efforts on their sixth match since returning from injury two months. The static attack based on the horizontal transit prize giving the ball over the home team thanks to a vertical outburst Rakitic, who released a crossover shoe from outside the area Lux also unreachable.
With two goals against, Miguel Cardoso came off the bench and revolutionized the game, first with a shot that Mascherano diverted the crossbar, then with a sly assistance Perez, who controlled with his left before beating the Chilean Claudio Bravo to the long pole .
Finally, Barca conceded a draw in its umpteenth bad defensive transition, met with de Bergantinos right cross to the network.
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