Match ends, Las Palmas 1, Barcelona 1.
Las PalmasLas Palmas1BarcelonaBarcelona1
Former West Ham striker Jonathan Calleri's penalty helped lowly Las Palmas hold La Liga leaders Barcelona.
The result, which extends Barca's club-record unbeaten league run to 33 games, takes them five points above their next opponents Atletico Madrid.
Lionel Messi fired a free-kick into the opposite corner of the net to give Barcelona the lead.
But Calleri's excellently dispatched penalty into the top corner rescued a point for the Canary Island hosts.
There was plenty of confusion at the decision to award the penalty to Las Palmas, who remain in the relegation zone, with the most likely reason being for a Sergi Roberto foul on Matias Aguirregaray - although the ball also hit Lucas Digne's hand.
"The penalty came as a shock to us because of how it was awarded," said Barca boss Ernesto Valverde. "We felt that they equalised with an 'invisible' penalty. They grew stronger after that and we played in too much of a hurry.
"We really wanted to leave here with three points. In the first half we felt we were always creating danger and their players kept on picking up yellow cards. We went ahead in the first half but it was not a big enough margin."
Atletico, who go into Sunday's Nou Camp game on the back of an eight-game winning run, were the only one of the top four sides to win in La Liga during this midweek round of games.
Line-ups
Las Palmas
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Chichizola
- 3AguirregarayBooked at 5mins
- 20GálvezBooked at 68mins
- 22Navarro JiménezBooked at 20mins
- 23Castellano BetancorBooked at 10minsSubstituted forRocha Machadoat 76'minutes
- 6EteboBooked at 66mins
- 4GómezSubstituted forAquilaniat 70'minutes
- 8Halilovic
- 24DomÃnguez
- 16SamperioSubstituted forGarcÃaat 86'minutes
- 9CalleriBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 1Lizoain
- 5GarcÃa
- 12Rocha Machado
- 18Castellano Betancor
- 19Toledo
- 25Aquilani
- 29Expósito
Barcelona
Formation 4-4-2
- 1ter Stegen
- 20RobertoBooked at 41mins
- 23UmtitiBooked at 52mins
- 25Vermaelen
- 19DigneBooked at 24mins
- 22VidalSubstituted forCoutinhoat 57'minutes
- 5Busquets
- 15PaulinhoSubstituted forRakiticat 63'minutes
- 8IniestaSubstituted forDembéléat 75'minutes
- 10Messi
- 9Suárez
Substitutes
- 3Piqué
- 4Rakitic
- 11Dembélé
- 13Cillessen
- 14Coutinho
- 17Alcácer
- 21André Gomes
- Referee:
- Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
- Attendance:
- 23,778
Match Stats
Home TeamLas PalmasAway TeamBarcelona
- Possession
- Home36%
- Away64%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away4
- Corners
- Home6
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home18
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Las Palmas 1, Barcelona 1.
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Corner, Las Palmas. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
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Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
Booking
Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas).
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Foul by Sergi Roberto (Barcelona).
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Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by David GarcÃa.
Substitution
Substitution, Las Palmas. David GarcÃa replaces Jairo Samperio because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match Jairo Samperio (Las Palmas) because of an injury.
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Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas).
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas) because of an injury.
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Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jonathan Calleri (Las Palmas).
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Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
