League defined by these kind of games: Suarez
Barcelona rally to bounce back as Real lose ground after draw
Barcelona rallied from behind to beat Real Sociedad on Saturday as Real Madrid lost ground in La Liga after a 1-1 stalemate at Athletic Bilbao.
Real, unbeaten after three games, fell behind to Iker Muniain’s 32nd-minute goal on a counterattack. Athletic keeper Unai Simon held Real, who open their Champions League campaign against Roma at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday, at bay until Isco headed in Gareth Bale’s assist after the hour.
The draw put Julen Lopetegui’s men on 10 points, two adrift of Barcelona with Atletico Madrid also slipping back in the La Liga title race by drawing at home to Eibar. Seven points is now the gap between Atletico and Barca, who were in danger of tripping up themselves when Aritz Elustondo put Real Sociedad in front at Anoeta.
But the hosts missed a series of excellent chances and paid the price, as two goals in three minutes from Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele clinched ■ a hard-fought 2-1 win. “The league is defined by these kinds of games,” Suarez said afterwards. “Last year we also came back from 2-0 after many years without winning here. The reaction says a lot about this team.”
On course
Atletico rallied too, Borja Garces equalising with virtually the last kick of the game, but there were no celebrations at the Wanda Metropolitano. Garces’ strike was enough only to rescue a 1-1 draw for Diego Simeone’s side, who had looked on course for defeat when Eibar’s Sergi Enrich bundled home in the 87th minute.
Barcelona might easily have dropped points too had their opponents been more clinical.
In Serie A, Parma upset Inter Milan 1-0 at San Siro on Saturday. And it was a player on loan
Saturday’s matches: Spanish La Liga
1 Eibar 1 from Inter, Federico Dimarco, who scored a spectacular longrange goal to hand Parma its first win in the topflight after a fairytale rise through the divisions.
It was also Parma’s first win at Inter since 1999. “It’s an indescribable feeling,” said Dimarco, who celebrated wildly after scoring his first Serie A goal.