Spanish La Liga: Video - Celta Vigo stun completely revamped toppers Barcelona at home with 2 - 0 win
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| Celta Vigo 2 - 0 Barcelona - OctavioPassos/Getty/SBNation |
Video 👇- Newly-crowned La Liga champions Barcelona fell to a shock defeat by Celta Vigo after resting Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique.
Maxi Gomez opened the scoring for Celta after they had a goal ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).
VAR later awarded Celta a penalty and Iago Aspas converted from the spot.
Barca will play Liverpool on Tuesday in their Champions League semi-final second leg and hold a 3-0 advantage ahead of their trip to Anfield.
Ernesto Valverde's side - who were also without Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba - lost Ousmane Dembele to injury early on.
Dembele injured - As posted... 👇👇
❗ [BREAKING NEWS] O.Dembélé has a hamstring injury in his right leg. He'll undergo tests tomorrow to determine the exact extent of the injury. pic.twitter.com/q3Ze4JijJE— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 4, 2019
With two minutes remaining, Moussa Wague handled the ball in the box. VAR awarded the penalty, which Aspas fired past Cillessen for his seventh league goal of the season.
The result saw Celta go five points clear of the relegation zone.
Post Match reactions form Valverde - As posted... 👇👇
🗣 Post.match reactions from Ernesto Valverde, Carles Aleña and Riqui Puig— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 4, 2019
🔴🔵 #CeltaBarça pic.twitter.com/DX5GsJpKrF
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