Celta Vigo vs. Barcelona: Score and Reaction from 2016 La Liga Match

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Celta Vigo beat Barcelona at the Estadio Municipal de Balaidos for the second year in a row on Sunday, grabbing a 4-3 win over the Catalan giants in La Liga.

Pione Sisto and Iago Aspas gave the Galicians a two-goal lead, and Jeremy Mathieu’s own goal ensured they entered half-time with the wind in their sails.

Gerard Pique pulled one back for the Catalans shortly after half-time, and a Neymar penalty kick with almost half an hour left to play set up a tense finale. Pablo Hernandez took advantage of a second Marc-Andre ter Stegen blunder, however, and while Pique pulled his team back to within one, it was too little, too late.

As the Catalans’ official Twitter account shared, Jordi Alba returned to the starting XI:

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