FOOTBALL NEWS:- PIQUE RESCUES BARCELONA,,,

Gerard Pique scored a late header to salvage a 1-1 draw for runaway La Liga leaders city at town rivals Espanyol on Sunday, keeping their bid for associate degree undefeated campaign on target.

Ernesto Valverde's men were at risk of falling to their 1st league defeat of the season once Gerard Moreno nodded the hosts ahead midway through the last half, however centre-back Pique met a Lionel Messi free-kick within the 82nd minute to grab some extent.

Barcelona square measure currently twelve points clear at the highest of the table from Atletico national capital, UN agency host third-placed Valencia in a while Sunday.

The match was compete in running rain and Valverde slammed the "dangerous" pitch.

"Even although it had been descending, we have a tendency to thought that the pitch would hold, on the other hand we have a tendency to saw that the grass wasn't getting to foot-dragging which the pitch was turning into dangerous," the city coach same.

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