Barcelona suffers first home defeat

Barcelona suffered their first home La Liga defeat of the season yesterday as they were beaten by Celta Vigo at the Nou Camp.

The visitors took a shock lead in the second half when Joaquin Larrivey finished after Nolito's backheel.

Luis Enrique's Barcelona could only find the bar, leaving the duo of Lionel Messi and Neymar  frustrated twice.


Luis Suarez, making his home debut, had two chances to get an equaliser but had his header go wide and an effort saved by goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez.

this means Suarez has lost in both of the competitive matches he has played for Barcelona since joining from Liverpool for £75m.

After serving a four-month suspension for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup, the Uruguayan striker made his first appearance for Barcelona in their 3-1 El Clasico defeat away at Real Madrid last Saturday.

Barcelona missed out on winning La Liga by three points last season and will hope this result does not prove crucial at the end of the campaign.

The last time Barcelona failed to score in a home La Liga game was on 22 October, 2011 in a goalless draw with Sevilla

 They had the majority of the chances and could have scored inside the opening 10 minutes but Neymar wasted a header and then hit the bar.
Barca's Lionel Messi, who is two goals away from becoming the all-time La Liga goalscorer, had three opportunities in the first half.

His first shot was punched away by Alvarez, he then rounded the goalkeeper but saw Jonny Castro deflect his shot onto the bar before the Argentine headed over from eight yards out soon after.
Larrivey put Celta Vigo ahead 10 minutes into the second half, with one of only four shots on target they had in the whole match.
But Barcelona continued with their wastefulne.

Neymar hit the bar, Suarez headed straight at Alvarez from 10 yards out and Messi clipped the upright from a free-kick as Celta Vigo held on to claim their first La Liga win at the Nou Camp.