La Liga: 10-Man Alaves Hold Barcelona To A Draw

Antoine Griezmann scored a second-half equaliser for Barcelona as 10-man Alaves held on for a well-earned point.

Disaster struck for the Catalans just after the half-hour mark when Gerard Pique’s backpass left Neto vulnerable, with Luis Rioja stealing the ball from the goalkeeper to finish into the empty net.

Alaves remained well organised and difficult to play through until the hour mark when Jota was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Pique.

Barca restored parity moments later as Griezmann made the most of a fortunate ricochet through to clip over Fernando Pacheco.

Barcelona used their man advantage to dominate the closing stages of the contest, but couldn’t find a way through to grab a second goal and three points.

The result leaves Ronald Koeman’s side slumped in 12th place in La Liga, eight points adrift of Real Madrid.