In the early morning of February 14, Beijing time, in the 24th round of La Liga, Barca drew 2-2 away to Espanyol, ending two consecutive league wins and Spaniards ending two consecutive league defeats. Pedri scored his debut league goal in the opening 74 seconds, Dadel World Wave equalized, De Thomas scored a one-handed counter-attack, Pique and Melamed were sent off with red cards, Luc De Jong equalized in the 96th minute, and Wu Lei did not appear on the bench.
Game highlights
Barca are unbeaten in 24 consecutive league games in the Catalan derby, setting a new record for all kinds of derbys in La Liga (Real Madrid are unbeaten in 23 games against Atletico from 2000 to 2013).
Pedri scored his first league goal of the season in the opening 74 seconds, the fastest goal in the Catalan derby of the century. Barca have scored 18 goals in the league this season, the most in La Liga.
De Thomas scored his second goal against Barca in five games of his career, scoring 13 goals in the league this season when he played for Vallecano in 2018-19, and the second top scorer in La Liga, only 17 goals behind Benzema.
Wonderful review
Playing away from Espanyol in the league, Barca won 86-32, drew 29 and lost 25, with a goal difference of 118 to 106. New signing Adama Traore started again, Alves was suspended for a red card, Dest rotated and Garvey continued as a left winger.
In the 2nd minute, Alva crossed the ball over the top on the left wing, Pedri volleyed from far away and the ball hit the near upright and refracted into the net, 1-0.
Six minutes later, Villena knocked back and De Thomas's shot was deflected.
On 13 minutes, Araujo's long pass was deflected by Adama Traore, who cut inside with the ball and deflected it wide. On 24 minutes, Alvar's free-kick was crossed and Adama Traore's shot was deflected wide.
Alva protested Barre's handball, which the referee ignored. In the 37th minute, Garvey's left-wing cross was met by Adama Traore after a penalty stop and fired a shot at goalkeeper Diego López.
A minute later, Alva's cross was met by a Felan Torres header that went high over the top.
In the 40th minute, De Thomas knocked back from the left side of the penalty area and Duddell shot into the far corner of the goal in front of the penalty area, 1-1. Dadel imitated Cristiano Ronaldo's celebratory moves after scoring.
Araujo was replaced in the injury half. In the 56th minute, Pedri scored, Alva shot Pedri refracted, and then hit De Jong, Garvey broke the ball and shot from close range, but the VAR audit determined that De Jong was offside and the goal was invalid.
In the 63rd minute, Duddell crossed the ball, Eric Garcia misjudged, de Thomas successfully formed a single knife against the offside, calmly swept the goal, 2-1.
On 72 minutes, Alva crossed and Ferran Torres' header was deflected off the top. In the 78th minute, De Thomas' left-sided shot from the edge of the box was deflected wide. In the 91st minute, Dembele's cross was met by Luc De Jong's header high.
In the 92nd minute, Pique clashed with Melamed and was sent off by the referee.
In the 96th minute, Adama Traore's cross from the right was met by Luc De Jong's header to make it 2-2.
Score
De Thomas is the best, Adama Traore has a high score.
Statistics
Appearances line-up
Espanyol (4-1-4-1): Diego López, Vidal (89' Calero), Serch-Gomez, Cabrera, Pedrosa, Barre (62' Moranes, 70' Mérida), Puado, Jan herrera, Dadel, Villena (61' Melamede); de Thomas
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo (46' Eric Garcia), Pique, Alva (72' Dembele), Pedri (89' Luc De Jong), Busquets, De Jong (62' Aubameyang), Adama Traore, Ferran Torres, Garvey (72' Nico Gonzalez)