Youngster Fermin Lopez rescued Barcelona a 2-2 draw at Real Mallorca on Tuesday which prolonged his crew’s La Liga lead, though the champions dropped two factors. Barcelona got here from behind twice to safe a draw, Vedat Muriqi opening the scoring for the hosts early on, earlier than Raphinha pulled them degree. However Abdon Prats despatched Mallorca forward once more and 20-year-old Lopez levelled with a agency drive on his second look for the membership. Girona and Real Madrid, second and third, face Villarreal and Las Palmas respectively on Wednesday.

“These careless mistakes cannot happen again,” Xavi instructed DAZN.

“We have to improve. Last year we were so solid and concentrated a lot in defence.

“Today we weren’t unhealthy however these are two errors which shouldn’t be taking place — due to these errors we misplaced two factors in the present day.”

With Sevilla visiting on Friday in La Liga and next Tuesday’s Champions League clash at Porto on the horizon, Xavi decided to shuffle his pack.

The coach benched Robert Lewandowski for the primary time, with Ferran Torres playing up front, and gave defender Inigo Martinez his first start alongside fit-again Ronald Araujo.

Pedri and Frenkie de Jong‘s injury absences left the coach with little chance of rotating in midfield.

Javier Aguirre’s Mallorca have not started the season well but knew just how to dig in and frustrate the hosts at Son Moix, with Rafa Benitez’s Celta Vigo giving them the blueprint last weekend, despite Barca’s late comeback win.

The hosts went ahead after eight minutes through target man Muriqi, who finished from Antonio Sanchez’s cut-back, after Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen gave the ball away in his own box with a poor pass.

Joao Felix and Torres narrowly failed to reach dangerous Raphinha crosses, before the Brazilian winger took things into his own hands to level.

The former Leeds United forward drilled home from outside the area to pull Barcelona back into the game.

However the Catalans quickly fell behind again, coming undone all too easily. Abdon Prats ran on to a flick-on from a goal kick and slid an effort past the onrushing Ter Stegen.

‘Making it too easy’ – “The recreation was blocked up for us from the beginning, we suffered extra counter assaults than we needed,” Barca midfielder Oriol Romeu instructed DAZN.

“We’ve had two video games in a row which we’re not proud of and we have now to enhance, we’re making it too straightforward (for our opponents).”

Barcelona started the second half at a quicker pace and Xavi soon sent on veteran striker Lewandowski as well as youngsters Lopez and Lamine Yamal.

The latter duo made a swift impact, with Yamal tumbling in the box under a challenge from Jose Copete, although no penalty was given.

However soon 16-year-old starlet Yamal fed Raphinha, who cut the ball back for Lopez to smash home to level to clinch a point that could prove crucial in the long run.

“We performed towards an important crew however if you combat and also you scrap, luck is in your facet,” Muriqi told DAZN.

“I believe that the result’s truthful.”

Earlier Sevilla thumped bottom-of-the-table Almeria 5-1 in one of their best performances under coach Jose Luis Mendilibar.

After a poor start to the season, this emphatic victory provisionally raises the Andalusians to mid-table.

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