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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 25062646" data-attributes="member: 158020">Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona: De Jong sent off as Wu Lei rescues derby draw<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/04/21/22993610-0-image-a-5_1578174684291.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Barcelona failed to regain their two-point lead at the top of LaLiga  after Wu Lei scored a late equaliser for Espanyol in a 2-2 derby draw  that saw Frenkie de Jong sent off for the visitors. The  champions fell behind 23 minutes into a contest they dominated but  in  which their best football was rarely in evidence against the  division's  bottom club.Thankfully for Ernesto Valverde, Luis Suarez was at  his lethal best,  instinctively making it 1-1 shortly before he  brilliantly teed up  Arturo Vidal for Barcelona's second.But after De Jong was shown a second yellow card, Espanyol ramped up   the pressure and Wu clinched a precious point for LaLiga's bottom club   as he became the first Chinese player to score against Barca in a   competitive game.The result leaves the champions level on points with Real Madrid at the top of the table at the midway point of the season.Barca were punished for their tepid start to the game when Marc Roca   floated a free-kick into the box where David Lopez lost his marker and   beat Neto with a glancing header into the far corner of the net from 12   yards.The visitors dominated the ball as they so often do in  LaLiga but  failed to threaten until five minutes from half-time when  Lionel Messi  headed into Diego Lopez's arms shortly before Suarez  toe-poked a low  shot onto the outside of the post.The equaliser came swiftly after the restart, Jordi Alba landing a  deliciously weighted pass onto Suarez's instep, and the Uruguay  international's first-time finish tucked the ball just inside Diego  Lopez's near post.Suarez  somehow managed to better Alba's cross when he deftly chipped  the ball  with the outside of his right boot to substitute Arturo Vidal,  whose  powerful header bulged the net despite Diego Lopez getting a  hand to it.He  got both hands to Suarez's next shot, a powerful rising drive from  12  yards after Messi put him through, the Espanyol keeper palming the  ball  away from danger.De Jong received his second yellow card for a   shirt-pull on Jonathan Calleri and Espanyol exploited the additional   space with three minutes left.Matias Vargas played Wu into the area and the China  international  rifled a low shot into the left corner of the net from a  tight angle to  rescue a point that his side deserved for their  perseverance and  bravery against new coach Abelardo's old team.</blockquote>

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