Barcelona ratings vs Espanyol: Traore and Luuk de Jong 8, Pique 6

Substitute De Jong's header rescues a point for Barca after both teams finish with 10 men

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  Marc-Andre ter Stegen – 6. A Quiet first half until Darder’s outstanding equaliser flew past him. Could do little about the second in an intense derby with nine yellow cards, two of them red. Reuters

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  Jordi Alba – 7. Crossed for Pedri after a minute and the Canarian did the rest. Got two more crosses to his teammates in the first half from the left side. Made a key clearance. AFP

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  Gerard Pique – 6. Jeered by home fans whenever he touched the ball. Got a yellow card for a foul on Puado – who got one himself a few minutes later for a clash with Pique. Then Pique saw red, and a red card after multiple clashes with Nico Melamed, who was also sent off. Reuters

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  Ronald Araujo – 6. Stormed into challenges in an aggressive first half. He didn’t see the second, which was even more intense with 25,000 fans sounding a lot louder than their numbers. EPA

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  Sergino Dest – 7. Played the full 90 and needed to shift from a four-man defence to a three, which he did fine in an entertaining game. Reuters

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  Frenkie de Jong – 5. A poor first half when he was dispossessed several times. He was offside to rule out what Barça thought was their second goal from Gavi. AP Photo

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  Sergio Busquets – 6. Won the ball back which led to the early goal. Had to be up for the physical side of the game as Espanyol set about him. Brought off after an hour, yet still saw more of the ball than any other. Caught ball watching for Espanyol’s second though. Reuters

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  Pedri – 7. Put his side ahead after one minute, getting around the back of the defenders to side foot in an Alba cross. Tried to get his foot across to stop Darder’s equaliser, but that foot touched the ball and helped it beat Ter Stegen. Lovely flicks. Reuters

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  Ferran Torres – 6. Angered Espanyol players by kicking the ball away early on. Had two headers close to the goal at the end of the first half. AP

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  Adama Traore – 8. Barca tried to use his speed to get behind Espanyol’s defenders. Booked for throwing the excellent De Tomas to the ground on 76 minutes. Barça’s main threat, but his crosses often went too high – fortunately Luuk de Jong was big enough to head the 96th minute equaliser. Getty Images

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  Gavi – 8. Up for the battle against former Barça player Aleix Vidal. Thought he’d made it 2-1 after 55 minutes, winning the ball ahead of Vidal before kissing the badge in front of the furious Espanyol fans. Getty Images

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  SUB: Eric Garcia – 4 (on for Araujo at half time). Didn’t seem to realise that Raul de Tomas was waiting behind him, ready to take the ball and score Espanyol’s second. Booked on 76 minutes as several Barcelona players struggled to keep their cool. AP

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  SUB: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – 5 (on for De Jong after 62’). Managed only five touches and no shots. AP

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  SUB: Nico – 6 (on for Gavi after 71’). Carried a piece of paper for his teammates to read in a tactical shift. That meant Barça shifting to three defenders, but it didn’t work. One of three visiting players to be booked in the last 15 minutes. Reuters

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  SUB: Ousmane Dembele - 5 (on for Alba on 71’). Barcelona went for an equaliser. At least he couldn’t be booed by his own fans like last week, since there are no Barcelona fans allowed to attend games at Espanyol. Hit crosses to Espanyol’s central defenders. Getty Images

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  SUB: Luuk de Jong - 8 (on for Pedri on 81’). Mthree shots. Superb header in the 96th minute to make it 2-2 and quell Espanyol fans who thought they were about to win a first derby since 2009 and a first ever at Espanyol’s new stadium. Reuters

Barcelona started and finished strongly on Sunday night but sagged in between and drew 2-2 at less fashionable neighbours Espanyol to cling on to fourth place in La Liga.

"We didn't play brilliantly, but we played well enough to win. The bad news is that we didn't win," said Barcelona coach Xavi.

Pedri gave Barcelona a second-minute lead but Sergi Darder levelled after 40 minutes and set up Raul de Tomas for a counter-attack goal after 64 minutes.

With time running out, Luuk de Jong headed an equaliser that saved a point for Barcelona, but they still end the weekend 15 points behind leaders Real Madrid.

They did edge past Atletico Madrid, who won on Saturday, on goal difference.

"In the end we lost more ground," added Xavi.

"We saved a point at the end, which is insufficent, but we are still in the race for the Champions League."

Both teams started added time down to 10 after Barcelona's Gerard Pique and Espanyol's Nicolas Melamed tangled in the 90th minute and collected their second yellow cards.

In the sixth minute of added time, Luuk de Jong, a 62nd minute replacement, leapt to meet a cross from Adama Traore and smash a header down and into the net.