BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Barcelona tied 1-1 at home via Eibar on Tuesday in a Spanish league attack that Lionel Messi missed due to injury.
Barcelona replacement Ousmane Dembélé scored at 67 to cancel Kike García’s first game 10 minutes earlier.
Ronald Koeman fell to sixth place after Sevilla finished fourth with a 2-0 win over Villarreal, which finished fifth.
Messi was forced to watch the match from the stands due to an uns specified right ankle problem that is not considered serious.
Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite on an early penalty.
Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho left the game in the last few minutes, which gave the impression of being a left knee injury.
It’s the first point the Eibar takes at Camp Nou after wasting his last six visits.
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