Barcelona 1×1: the trident gives LaLiga excitement

Ter Stegen:He made two stops of true merit. The first, with the foot, in true handball goalkeeper style, to a great cross shot by Embarba, and the second, to a clearance by Lenglet who sneaked in and cleared, with a little luck. He was also at a great level to a dry shot that bounced very close to Raúl de Tomás. He also had the fortune of a shot to the stick of Didac. As always, he brushed perfection on the ball with his feet. He only had some mismatch in some false start in the corner kicks.

Semedo: He only played the first 45 minutes. He made quite a few mistakes when looking for combinations on the right wing, with many mistakes when centering. It was not his best game and Setién decided to change it at the break.Piqué: Partidazo of the Catalan central, who was already the protagonist before the game when he entered the Camp Nou at full speed on an electric bicycle. In the field they had them with Raúl de Tomás, the far most dangerous player of Espanyol. It was a duel of authentic boars, without a clear winner. In the air balls it was a real fort. He must have breathed a sigh of relief when the referee whistled the game. Before he took a ball that sneaked into the same goal line.

Lenglet: Outstanding. The French center-back is bordering on perfection in his latest performances. Attentive in anticipation, solvent in the exit of the ball, effective in the passes, forceful in the physical and powerful in the air game.

Sunrise: The left back completed a correct match. He did not have much presence in the offensive game, but he knew how to manage the effort not to end up exhausted.

Sergio Busquets: Good match for the international, who this time had a much more difficult time finding pass lines because of the spiderweb that Rufete put on the field. He was providential when it came to cutting the opponent's counterattacks, on more than one occasion rushing 'in extremis' and touching the ball with the toe of his boot.

Rakitic: The Croatian curdled a great match defensively, but was very sparing with the ball at his feet. It was not at the same level as in recent games.

Sergi Roberto: He returned to play from the left inside, but this time with much fewer spaces than against Villarreal, so most of his offensive actions and combinations were frustrated. After the break, he was located on the right side, providing many more solutions and being even more vertical.

Griezmann: The Frenchman made a remarkable match, although he was not as dynamic as in the previous match, but his offensive contribution was more than interesting, especially in the action of the goal, which came after a providential heel strike by the striker, who left the ball dead to Messi to finish and the clearance was finally used by Suárez. He was substituted in the 70th minute with visible signs of tiredness. And it is that defensively he gave everything.

Suarez: He was not very successful and even disappeared in the field at some moments, but it is the idiosyncrasy of a ‘killer’ in the area: he seems not to be there, he is rarely seen, crouched, and suddenly he appears and kills you. He scored a very important goal, not only because he already officially places him as the third top striker in the club's history, with 195 goals, but also keeps Barcelona alive in the LaLiga pulse. It was changed when ten minutes were left for Braithwaite.

Messi: This time he cannot be counted as assistance, despite the fact that the goal came from his boots, when he finished off a ball that Griezmann left his heel, and that the subsequent rebound served for Suárez to score. He had two chances, one with a free kick that grazed the crossbar and another with an extraordinary volley after a great pass from Sergi Roberto, which Diego López miraculously cleared.

CHANGES:

Ansu Fati: Not even three minutes was in the field. An entry of his with the studs ahead of Calero, which was reviewed by the VAR, cost him the direct red card and his expulsion.

Arturo vidal: He came out with the intention of putting muscle and containment in the spinal cord, but he only partially succeeded. Sometimes he looked like a headless chicken looking for the ball.

Braithwaite: Setien put him up to pick up Ter Stegen's long drives. Some got it, but not many.

Araujo: He came out in the injury minutes to seek strength in the passing game.