But its assorted superstars struggled to transfer dominance of the ball into chances as Espanyol pressed and harried, affording Barca little time on the ball.
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Espanyol’s defense limited Barcelona to Lionel Messi’s free kick that hit the goal frame in the first half and Luis Suarez’s shot which went off the post 10 minutes into the second half.
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Neymar came close after the break, as did Hernan Perez for Espanyol, while Luis Suarez hit the post shortly after as the two teams played out to a rather tame draw.
“With one week to go until the halfway point of the season we won’t lose sight of our first and main objective, which is to always fight to play better, to be more incisive, to choose better ways to finish moves, to score more goals”, Simeone said in a conference.
Barcelona began 2016 with a frustrating 0-0 draw in their Catalan derby clash with Espanyol yesterday.
18′ CHANCE! Neymar creates the best chance of the afternoon so far, a link-up with Suarez, who can’t get his shot in.
The match ended a run of 11 straight games with at least one goal from a member of Barcelona’s strike trio of Messi, Suarez and Neymar.
Espanyol were more dedicated to destroying than creating and as a result their only first half chance was following a header from Alvaro Gonzalez from a corner, which Gerard Pique cleared off the line. The slip which came after draws at Valencia and against Deportivo La Coruna followed by a victory over Real Betis in the last round also let Real Madrid stay close.
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And Simeone is well aware his side need more firepower to have any chance of repeating their incredible feat of beating Barca and Madrid to the title two years ago. “They were very intense but that was something we knew before the game”. This isn’t a setback.’ Celta Vigo also visited Malaga late.
