Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona: Luuk De Jong pops up deep into stoppage time to rescue a point for the Blaugrana

Luuk De Jong denied Espanyol their first La Liga win over Barcelona since 2009 with a late header to rescue a point at the RCDE Stadium. The game had got off to a bad start for Los Periquitos as Barcelona silenced the home crowd within a couple of minutes, as Pedri connected with Jordi Alba’s cross from the left to fire the ball in from a few yards out.

Ad/> However, just before half-time, Sergi Darder curled in a fantastic effort from inside the area beyond a stretched Marc-Andre ter Stegen to equalise for Espanyol. TransfersBarcelona target Kessie, Haaland and Isak — Paper RoundYESTERDAY AT 23:05 Xavi’s side then had a goal disallowed as Gavi’s finish beyond Diego Lopez was ruled out as the ball took a deflection of Frenkie de Jong in the build-up, who was in an offside position.

Raul de Tomas then put the hosts ahead in the 64th minute, chesting down Darder’s clipped through-ball, before finishing beautifully past ter Stegen. That goal looked to have secured a momentous win for Espanyol, before De Jong's late show.