Barcelona In Shock Defeat Against Newly Promoted Alaves

The Blaugrana suffers the shock of their life when the newly promoted Deportivo Alaves defeated them at home by two goals to 1.
The Catalan giant began the game without Lonel Messi and Luis Suarez on the pith and subsequently fell to a shock defeat to Alaves

Ibai Gomez's brilliant solo strike secured  a surprise2-1 victory for the newly promoted Alaves

Barca finally made their domination pay after the interval, though Jremy Mathieu heading home the leveller after meeting Neymar's precise corner.

Mathieu squandered a golden opportunity moments later and, after having a goal ruled out for offside, Alaves restored their advantage when former Athletic Bilbao winger Gomez took advantage of slack Barca defending to drill home following a fantastic run.

Messi, Suarez and Iniesta later came on but the damage has already been done.