Malaga frustrate Barcelona

An exciting last 20 minutes of football at the Camp Nou. 

Barcelona were without Messi as he fell ill prior to the match and Luis Suarez who was out due to a suspension.

Barcelona did everything but score. The Catalans almost threw everything but they couldn't break a stubborn Malag defense.

It was all going well for Malaga until 69th minute when Diego Llorente picked up a red card for a cynical challenge on Neymar. It was tipped as it would be the game changing moment of the match as Malaga were down to 10 men and there was still 20 minutes of football left to be played.

But credit to Malaga resilience, they didn't allow Barcelona to score a goal. Pique went closest to scoring a goal but it was disallowed. Andre Gomes effort came off the bar and Carlos Kameni made a point blank range save from Neymar's header. Barcelona threw everything in the last minutes. Malaga even saw a 2nd red of the match when Juankar showed a bit of dissent with the referee when Barcelona was given a corner in the 97th minute, although only 4 minutes of stoppage time was given.
It ended 0-0 and Malaga were more than happy as they take away a point to Andalusia.
With this draw Barcelona threw away the chance to go top of the table.

Final score Barcelona 0-0 Malaga

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