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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
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SPAIN – Barcelona slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at lowly Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday and lost the top spot in La Liga to Real Madrid, who recovered to beat Real Betis 2-1 thanks to a header by the irrepressible Sergio Ramos.
Just four days after Barca’s heroic 6-1 Champions League last 16 win over Paris St. Germain that put the French side out, the Catalans were knocked off their domestic perch by Deportivo as they lost in the league for the first time since October.
Real lead the standings on 62 points, Barca are second with 60, and Sevilla are third on 57 after a 1-1 draw at home to Leganes on Saturday. Real have a game in hand on their rivals.
“We let them get into the game for too long in the first half and this is what football is like, when you give a team an advantage they always punish you,” Suarez told reporters.
“The PSG result did not cost us today, we’ve had enough days to recover. Deportivo are fighting relegation and we knew it was going to be difficult here but we’re not going to give up the fight for La Liga.”
Elsewhere, Villarreal moved above Real Sociedad into fifth on goal difference with a 1-0 win at Celta Vigo, capitalizing on Sociedad’s 2-0 home loss to Athletic Bilbao in a Basque derby. (Reuters)
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