La Liga: Osasuna end Barcelona's unbeaten run

Barcelona’s perfect record in La Liga is over after Osasuna won 4-2 last Saturday despite only 25 per cent possession of the ball.

It should have been a routine win for Barcelona, having not lost any of their last eight visits to El Sadar in La Liga. But Osasuna had something special up their sleeves.

Barca manager Hansi Flick opted to start a handful of youngsters, including Pau Víctor, Pablo Torre, Gerard Martín, Pau Cubarsí and Sergi Domínguez, which came back to haunt him.

The hosts took advantage of a 17-year-old and 19-year-old centre-back pairing to grab a statement 2-0 lead within 28 minutes after striking on the counter both times. Barcelona, meanwhile, had zero shots after 40 minutes.

Ante Budimir arrived late in the box and thumped home a header to become the club’s all-time scorer in LaLiga before Bryan Zaragoza raced away and beat goalkeeper Iñaki Peña Sotorres from a tight angle.— Yahoo