Barcelona\u2019s La Liga title hopes were hit as they followed up their famous Champions League win over Paris St-Germain with a 2-1 loss at struggling Deportivo La Coruna.<\/p>\n
Luis Enrique made five changes from the side who beat PSG 6-1, with the injured Neymar ruled out.<\/p>\n
Barca were below par, falling behind to a close-range Joselu finish.<\/p>\n
Luis Suarez equalised seconds after the restart but an Alex Bergantinos header sealed Depor\u2019s win.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid will go top by two points if they beat Real Betis later today (Sunday) while Zinedine Zidane\u2019s side will still have a game in hand on the defending champions after that.<\/p>\n
It was the first game Barcelona have ever lost when Suarez has scored, following 67 wins and five draws.<\/p>\n
Barcelona had produced one of football\u2019s famous comebacks on Wednesday after scoring three times after the 87th minute to beat Paris St-Germain 6-1 ( 6-5 )on aggregate \u2013 in the Champions League last 16.<\/p>\n
But those heroics seemed to have taken it out of them and they missed Neymar, who scored two and assisted the other of the late goals against PSG.<\/p>\n
Pepe Mel\u2019s Deportivo, who are one place above the relegation zone, deserved to win, and also went close to a goal when Alejandro Arribas\u2019 header was tipped onto the post by Marc-Andre ter Stegen \u2013 with Bergantinos\u2019 winner coming from the resulting corner.<\/p>\n
Lionel Messi, who failed to score for the first time in six games, fired a late free-kick over as they possibly lost the edge in the title race.<\/p>\n
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