Barcelona held in Messi’s 506th league game

Lionel Messi appeared to put Barcelona on its way to an easy win in his club record 506th league appearance in Spain.

Barcelona: Cádiz snatched a late penalty to draw 1-1 at Camp Nou and deal Barcelona an unexpected setback in its bid for the Spanish league title on Sunday.

Five days after being beaten 4-1 by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Ronald Koeman’s side saw two points slip away when substitute Álex Fernández converted an 88th-minute penalty conceded by Clement Lenglet.

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Lionel Messi appeared to put Barcelona on its way to an easy win in his club record 506th league appearance in Spain. But after Messi scored from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute, Barcelona was unable to finish off many scoring chances.

The draw leaves Barcelona in third place and eight points behind leader Atlético Madrid, which lost 2-0 to Levante on Saturday. Real Madrid was the biggest beneficiary of the round, moving three points behind Atlético after winning 1-0 at Valladolid on Saturday. Madrid has played one more match than Atlético and Barcelona.

Aleksander Isak scored three goals to lead Real Sociedad to a 4-0 rout of Alavés and bounce back from its 4-0 loss to Manchester United in the Europa League.

David Silva assisted on Isak’s second goal and again for Portu to round off the victory with a fourth goal.

Isak leads Sociedad with 12 league goals this season. It was his second career hat trick.

Spain striker Gerard Moreno scored as Villarreal drew 1-1 at Athletic Bilbao, while last-place Huesca beat Granada 3-2 despite a missed penalty by Rafa Mir.