FC Barcelona faced Celta de Vigo in the thirteenth matchday of LaLiga Santander. At Balaídos stadium, the blaugranas went from the excitement of taking three points to the disappointment of only getting one, as they ended in a 3-3 draw after having a 0-3 lead. The team led by Sergi Barjuan missed a great opportunity to climb positions and has remained stuck in ninth place with 17 points.
The culés had a great first half where they left the celtistas without a response, as they went into halftime with a 0-3 that seemed decisive. The scoring spree was started by Ansu Fati with a great goal five minutes into the game, and then Sergio Busquets scored in the 18th minute and Memphis Depay in the 34th.
However, in the second half, the team led by 'Chacho' Coudet came out with a lot of energy and overwhelmed the blaugranas and did not give up until they tied the game with a great goal from Iago Aspas in injury time to make it 3-3.
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Frenkie De Jong gave an interview for the club itself after the draw: "When you want to fight for the league, you have to win this match. There are no excuses, when you are up 0-3 at halftime and there is a draw, you cannot accept that."
He also stated that they do not lose hope of fighting for the Spanish league title and also talked about the arrival of Xavi Hernández as the new coach of the first team. "We can fight because we have a lot of quality. Now, I don't know how many points there are, many, it's going to be very difficult, but we have to keep going. People are very excited about Xavi's arrival, we are going to work very hard to move up.", De Jong said in statements quoted by EFE.