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Celta Vigo stun Barcelona in seven goals thriller

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8 years ago

October 3, 2016

Celta Vigo stun Barcelona in seven goals thriller

Barcelona lost a thrilling encounter with Celta de Vigo 4-3 on Sunday evening to remain fourth place in LaLiga, two points behind leaders Atletico Madrid.

The visitors were run ragged in the first half, going 3-0 down with goals from Pione Sisto, Iago Aspas and Jeremy Mathieu.

Gerard Pique pulled one back for Barca early in the second half, before Neymar netted from the penalty spot to reduce the deficit to just one.

But Celta again went two in front, Hernandez making the score 4-2 after a hilarious mistake from Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the Barcelona goal.

Pique added his second of the game to make it 4-3 in the dying stages, but the visitors could not pull level before the final whistle.

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