Barcelona welcomed Granada at the Nou Camp earlier tonight as they hoped to pick up a win in front of their home supporters. The Catalans giants made a poor start to the game as they conceded the opening goal in the second minute when Domingos Duarte found the back of the net with a good header for the visitors. Ronald Koeman’s men failed to come up with an immediate response and went into the half-time break 1-0 down on the scoreline.
Barca pushed on in search of the all-important equalizer and finally found it in the 90th-minute courtesy of Ronald Araujo’s great header from close range. The content ended honours even with both teams playing out a 1-1 draw at Catalonia.
Let’s take a look at how each Barcelona player performed during the clash against Granada.
GK: Marc-André ter Stegen – 6/10
The German keeper made just one save in the game and will be disappointed for conceding such an early goal.
RB: Sergiño Dest – 7/10
Dest got stuck in with a few crunching tackles in his efforts to win the ball back for his team. He also made some promising runs with the ball and set up a handful of inviting chances for his teammates in the final third.
CB: Eric Garcia – 6/10
The Spaniard recovered well after the setback of conceding such an early goal. He was solid defensively in the second half.
CB: Ronald Araujo – 8/10
Araujo cleared his lines when needed and managed to score a late goal via a pin-point header to rescue a point for Barca.
LB: Alejandro Baldé – 6/10
The youngster struggled to get into the flow of the game and was substituted in the 41st minute because of an injury.
CM: Sergi Roberto – 6/10
The Spaniard put in a lackluster display in the first half and got replaced at half-time.
CM: Sergio Busquets – 6.5/10
He did his best to anchor the midfield but ran out of gas and was subbed out in the second half.
CM: Frenkie de Jong – 7/10
He did his fair share of defending and was quite lively on the ball. He managed to create a couple of decent opportunities for his teammates to score.
RW: Yusuf Demir – 7/10
Demir tried to help his teammates out at the back and completed a few eye-catching dribbles during his time on the field.
ST: Memphis Depay – 7.5/10
The Dutch striker did everything but score tonight. He engineered several meaningful openings for his teammates to score but struggled to finish off his chances.
LW: Philippe Coutinho – 6/10
The Brazilian sensation failed to dictate the rhythm of the game and only lasted 59 minutes before he got replaced.
Substitutes:
RB: Oscar Mingueza – 7/10
He made a couple of solid tackles and did enough to secure a clean sheet in the second half.
ST: Luuk de Jong – 6/10
De Jong never looked like he had a goal in him.
CAM: Gavi – 7/10
Gavi came off the bench to set up Ronald Araujo’s last-minute equalizer.
CB: Gerard Pique – 6/10
The veteran defender kept things tidy at the back.
CM: Riqui Puig – 6/10
He added some energy to Barca’s midfield.
