Lionel Messi was thrown on as a substitute but 10-man Barcelona was relieved to escape with a draw as Celta Vigo came within a whisker of inflicting the Catalans’ first league defeat of the season.
Messi looked to have inspired Barca’s victory when Paulinho gave the visitor a 2-1 lead four minutes later.
Iago Aspas made it 2-2 with a large slice of luck given the ball brushed his hand on its way into the net.
Spurs held
Harry Kane stepped up his bid to win the Premier League’s golden boot as Tottenham drew 1-1 at Brighton.
It was Kane’s 26th of the season and kept him in with a chance of catching Mohamed Salah on 30 goals in the race to finish as the Premier League’s top scorer.
Albion drew level when Pascal Gross slotted home a penalty.
The results:Premier League: Brighton 1 (Gross 50-pen) drew with Tottenham 1 (Kane 48).
La Liga: Deportivo La Coruna 0 drew with Sevilla 0; Celta Vigo 2 (Castro 45, Aspas 82) drew with Barcelona 2 (Dembele 36, Alcacer 64); Villarreal 2 (Vţctor Ruiz 42, Bacca 55) bt Leganes 1 (Brasanac 82).
Serie A: Inter Milan 4 (Cancelo 3, Icardi 49, Brozovic 60, Perisic 90) bt Cagliari 0 .
