Goals from Suárez and Vidal look to have sealed a comeback, but Wu Lei grabs late equaliser for the parakeets
It was top against bottom on Saturday night, but as both managers had warned before the game, derbies are different. In a gripping, tense encounter at the RCDE Stadium, Barça were held to a 2-2 draw by their local rivals, whose equaliser came right at the end with the blaugrana reduced to ten men.
Early setback
It was very much against the run of play when Espanyol, being managed for the first time by former Barça defender Abelardo, took the lead when David López, who hadn’t scored for 35 games, nodded in a free kick.
Until then Barça had had over 80% possession and the home side had produced little threat.
