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35'Juankar collects the ball down the left-hand side and superbly skips beyond the half-hearted challenge from Neymar before eating up the space into the final third. He attempts a cheeky nutmeg on the covering Pique, but the Barca defender is having none of it and remains solid at rig

37'Just under 10 minutes remaining in the first half at Camp Nou and we remain at 0-0 with Malaga having acquitted themselves well up until this point. At the last international break Barca made a few changes in the next Primera Division fixture against Alaves, only to end up losing against the promoted outfit. Could a similar shock happen today?

39'Ontiveros links up well with Rosales down the right wing and finds a bit of space to chip a searching cross into the box. Sandro battles away with Pique to try and get on the end of it, but it is the latter who comes out on top, just, with a commanding header away from the danger area. Good defending.

41'Plenty of Barcelona possession as we approach half-time but it is coming without too much threat on the Malaga goal. There is a big spotlight on Neymar to perform today in the absence of messi and Suarez, but the Brazilian hasn't been at the races so far and has misplaced more than a couple of passes.

43'Mascherano moves forward from his position in defence and switches a decent ball down the left wing for Digne, who takes on the full-back before cutting back inside to pass to the edge of the box. Busquets is the man who meets it, but his lack of goals for Barcelona is clear as he sends a poorly-executed strike over the bar

Half-time at Camp Nou. Barcelona are yet to break the deadlock against Malaga as we head into the break at 0-0, with Luis Enrique's men looking a little lost without star players such as Messi, Suarez, Iniesta, and Rakitic, while the visitors have their goalkeeper, Kameni, to thank for a couple of excellent saves. Second period to come

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52'Neymar, who has been quiet so far, nearly breaks the deadlock with a header at the back post which is solidly beat away by Kameni. The former Santos man may indeed have been offside, but it will give him a boost that he has at least managed to test the Malaga stopper.

54'Well, a very strange decision from the referee here as he awards Malaga the free-kick even though Ricca clearly takes out Arda on the right-hand side of the box. If anything, that was a penalty to Barcelona, and the Blaugrana players share this view as they surround the official to protest! Odd...

58'Arda initially does really well to keep an attack alive down the right wing before cheaply giving away possession with an attempted flick. The Turkey international wins the ball back after battling away, but then gives it away again after slipping on the slip surface! Quite a 30 seconds for the Barca man

60'Malaga just need to watch themselves now as the incidents of pushing and shoving inside the box are starting to pile up. Llorente really should be penalised after clearly pulling Pique back as the Barca defender attempted to get on the end of a deep cross, but the referee doesn't see the foul on this occasion.

68'We may have just came across the game-changing moment of the match as Malaga are now down to 10 men after a quite shocking challenge from Diego Llorente, who sees red after taking out Neymar. The sheer cynical nature of the tackle, as well as how out of control it was, means that looks a good decision.

73'Neymar lights up the Camp Nou with an outrageous bit of skill near the corner flag which leaves Rosales languishing on his backside helpless. The Barca man then jinks past Juanpi with another neat move, but then tries to take on one player too many and it is eventually Mikel who cleans things up for the visitors.
71'Just under 20 minutes remaining now

77'Indeed, Rakitic is eventually introduced to the play to try and inspire the victory, as Rafinha trudges off to the sidelines.

78'With Messi out of the team due to illness, Neymar is tasked with the free-kicks today. The Camp Nou faithful take in a deep breath as the Brazilian steps up to have a crack on goal from around 30 yards out, but it is not his best and ends up being floated high and wide over the bar with Kameni not tested.

80'JUST WIDE FROM RAKITIC!!! Neymar stands over a corner down the left and spots the run of his team-mate before whipping a cross to the front post area. The Croatian rises above his marker to connect with a glancing header, but it goes JUST the wrong side of the right-hand post!

82'We can expect to witness attack versus defence for the remaining minutes as Barcelona continue to press ahead for the elusive winning goal. You really have to hand some praise to Malaga as they have been outstanding defensively so far, but they need to guard against complacency in the latter stages!

86'That must be a penalty to Barcelona! Mikel attempt to shield a loose ball back into the arms of Kameni, who is not quick enough off his line to claim possession. However, in his attempts to do this, the Malaga defender clearly shoves and pulls Pique, who is sniffing around for a mistake, to the floor! The referee waves play on - unbelievable!

88'The Barcelona fans are ready to tear their seats out here as twice within a space of a few seconds, two Malaga players go down with a suspected injury. The home crowd suspect this is simply to waste time rather than to receive physio treatment, but the referee will likely be adding the time on.

90'The referee has indicated that there will be FOUR minutes of added time and the Barca fans cheer in expectancy as they realise there is still a little bit of time left for a winner. Malaga are being clever in their attempts to run down the clock, even if you don't agree with the tactic!

90'+2'Barca are just peppering this Malaga penalty area with crosses and passes at the moment, just looking for some kind of break of the ball. It is not coming, and it looks like Malaga are going to hold on for a fabulous away point at the Camp Nou!

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