Three quick thoughts as Barcelona's title challenge faltered again with Sunday evening 2-1 defeat vs. Valencia at the Camp Nou.
1. Barca now in full blown crisis
From a position of complete confidence in the title race, the wheels have well and truly come off as Valencia stunned Barca on Sunday night. Los Che were 2-0 up at half-time through Ivan Rakitic's own goal and Santi Mina's strike and though Lionel Messi scored his 500th career goal after the break, it was not enough to prevent Barca losing a third straight La Liga game.