Barcelona were shockingly, inexplicably, embarrassingly (feel free to use any other similar word) held to a one-all draw by relegation threatened Las Palmas. Lionel Messi opened the score from a free kick in the first half with Jonathan Calleri providing the end result early in the second from a penalty kick.
With a crucial match against Atletico Madrid coming up in less than three days, one would’ve expected Ernesto Valverde to rotate heavily against a team from near the bottom of the table. However, while Aleix Vidal did get a rare start and Gerard Pique received some time off, the rest of the eleven strongly resembled Barcelona’s Gala XI.