Last-place Leganés score two goals in two minutes to shock Barcelona



Last-place Leganes struck two goals in a minute to hand leaders Barcelona their first defeat of the season in a stunning 2-1 final on at the Estadio Butarque in Leganes.



Philippe Coutinho gave Barcelona an early lead, making it look like it would be a straightforward night for Barcelona but such was not the case as Leganes manager Mauricio Pellegrino had his tactics spot-on to claim the surprising victory.

The Argentine manager depended on the speed of his wingers to overwhelm the slow-moving Barcelona defence, and that led to goals from Nabil El Zhar and Oscar Rodriguez almost a minute apart in the early stages of the second half.



The performance of the defence, plus a lack of sharpness up front, made for a very frustrating night for Barcelona, who are now winless in their last two matches.

Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde made a number of significant changes to his starting XI, as striker Luis Suarez yielded his spot to Munir, while Thomas Vermaelen enjoyed a rare start in defense ahead of Jordi Alba who was later brought on.


The difference in speed on the flanks was noticeably in Leganes' favour, and they took advantage at the start of the half when Oscar hauled in a ball over the top on the left wing and looped a crossover for Nabil El Zhar, who beat Vermaelen to the ball and headed in to pull Leganes level 1-1.

If that was stunning to the reigning league champions, what happened less than a minute later was downright shocking. Again, it was another ball over the top, this time on the right to En-Nesyri, whose cross was misplayed by Pique, as the Barcelona center-backccc attempted to clear but the ball went right to Oscar and it was a composed finish into an open net for a 2-1 Leganes lead.

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