Osasuna 2-2 Barcelona: Valverde's side continue to struggle on the road

Dídac Peyret

31/08/2019 Upd. at 20:37 CEST

Ansu and Arthur had helped Barça into the lead before the home side won a late penalty

Teenager Ansu Fati scored his first goal for Barcelona as the Catalans were held to a 2-2 draw by Osasuna on Saturday.

MATCH FACTS

LaLiga Santander

Osasuna

2 ________________ 2

Barcelona

LINE UP

Osasuna

Rubén Martínez; Nacho Vidal, Aridane Hernández, David García, Pervis Estupiñán; Fran Mérida (Moncayola, 70'), Oier Sanjurjo; Roberto Torres, Rubén García (Rober Ibáñez, 65), Brandon Thomas (Juan Villar, 77'), Chimy Avila.

Barça

Ter Stegen; Semedo (Ansu Fati, 46'), Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Sergi Roberto, De Jong (Arturo Vidal, 82'), Carles Pérez (Ansu Fati, 77'), Griezmann y Rafinha (Arthur, 58').

Goles

1-0 M.6 Roberto Torres. 1-1 M.41 Ansu Fati. 1-2 M.63 Arthur. 2-2 Roberto Torres de penalti (80').

Árbitro

Juan Martínez Munuera (Comité valenciano). TA: Busquets (12'), Sergi Roberto (32'), De Jong (36'), Brandon (43'), Valverde (52'), Moncayola (91'), Lenglet (93'), Piqué (94').

Incidencias

Partido de la tercera jornada de LaLiga Santander disputado en El Sadar con18.375 espectadores.

Ansu came on at the break and within five minutes had headed home, cancelling out Roberto Torres' first-half opener.

Arthur Melo then nudged Barça in front but Pique's late handball allowed Torres to snatch a point for the home side from the penalty spot.

Barca have now dropped points in both their away games this season having lost to Athletic Bilbao in their first game of the season.

With Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele all injured, Ernesto Valverde stuck with the same side which beat Real Betis last week.

However, his side were second best in the first 45 minutes, with Torres' brilliant volley from Brandon's cross the difference between the two sides at half time. Barca didn't even have a shot on target.

Valverde responded by turning to 16-year-old Ansu and the result was immediate. The youngster headed in Carles Perez's cross to become Barca's youngest ever scorer in La Liga.

Arthur Melo than came on and also had an instant impact, collecting a Perez pass to fire Barca into the lead.

Barca looked like they would see the game out until Pique handled the ball, with Torres making no mistake from 12 yards.