Barcelona 1-1 Granada: Ronald Araujo rescues a degree for Barca

Defender Ronald Araujo got here to Barcelona’s rescue with a last-gasp equaliser to disclaim lowly Granada a second successive La Liga victory on the Nou Camp.

Araujo struck within the closing minute of regular time amid a concerted flurry to cancel out Domingos Duarte’s early opener and spare his aspect’s blushes as the sport completed 1-1.

The house crowd had been surprised into silence inside two minutes of kick-off when Duarte headed Sergio Escudero’s nook previous keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and into the web.

Jorge Molina went near a second for the guests, however Sergi Roberto was denied on the different finish by the crossbar and Memphis Depay did not spherical off a fast break because the Catalan giants turned the screw.

Araujo, Sergino Dest and substitute Oscar Mingueza all went shut with the half-time whistle approaching, however Barca went in on the break nonetheless trailing.

Araujo and Depay threatened once more because the second half unfolded, however keeper Luis Maximiano and his defenders held agency with substitute Luuk De Jong heading simply over from shut vary with 11 minutes remaining earlier than Maximiano saved fantastically from Araujo.

Substitute Gerard Pique was thrown into an attacking function as the house aspect fought desperately for a method again, and it duly arrived within the closing minute of the sport when Araujo headed them stage within the nick of time.

Elsewhere, Victor Osimhen began the ball rolling as Napoli climbed to the highest of Serie A with a convincing 4-0 victory over Udinese on the Dacia Area.

The guests took the lead with 24 minutes gone when Osimhen, who had scored each targets as his aspect fought again to safe a 2-2 Europa League draw at Leicester on Thursday night, struck from shut vary after operating on to Mario
Rui’s through-ball.

It might need been 2-0 inside seven minutes when Fabian Ruiz’s long-range strike got here again off the woodwork, however the reprieve proved non permanent when defender Amir Rrahmani headed house Kalidou Koulibaly’s Thirty fifth-minute cross.

Gerard Deulofeu handed up a chance to scale back the deficit eight minutes earlier than the break and Koulibaly successfully wrapped up the factors inside seven minutes of the restart with Napoli’s third, substitute Hirving Lozano’s late strike merely cementing a cushty win which eased them from third place to first.