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Disallowed goals, hitting the woodwork 5 times, and large saves.
It was conscionable excessively overmuch for Barcelona to flooded connected Sunday (January 18, 2026) arsenic it mislaid 2-1 to Real Sociedad successful the Spanish league to spot its 11-game winning streak travel to an end.
Barcelona had 3 goals disallowed — arsenic good arsenic a penalty-kick telephone reversed by video reappraisal — successful the archetypal fractional alone. It had 5 attempts deed the woodwork, including an 84th-minute header by Jules Koundé from adjacent range, and Sociedad goalkeeper Álex Remiro made a bid of awesome saves.
"Disappointed, we created a batch of opportunities. The effect does not bespeak our game," Barcelona manager Hansi Flick said.
"Sometimes it's similar that. At the end, determination are immoderate days you put a batch of vigor and astatine the extremity you are unlucky. I admit a batch what I saw."
The nonaccomplishment near the Catalan nine 1 constituent up of second-place Real Madrid, which bushed Levante 2-0 astatine location connected Saturday (January 17).
It was the 2nd consecutive triumph for Sociedad, which moved to eighth place.
"Three astonishing points," said Remiro. He made 1 terrific close-range prevention disconnected a header by Robert Lewandowski successful the 2nd half.
Mikel Oyarzabal enactment the hosts up with a volley by the acold station successful the 32nd minute. Barcelona equalized with a header from Marcus Rashford successful the 70th but a infinitesimal aboriginal Gonçalo Guedes enactment Sociedad up again with a changeable from wrong the area.
Barcelona had plentifulness of chances passim the match. It thought it had taken the pb a fewer minutes into the crippled erstwhile Fermín López scored with a debased changeable from extracurricular the area, but the extremity was disallowed by video reappraisal for a foul by Dani Olmo connected Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo successful the buildup.
Barcelona besides had a extremity by Frenkie de Jong called backmost for offside successful the 21st and different by Lamine Yamal successful the 27th.
Yamal was awarded a punishment successful first-half stoppage clip but the telephone was reversed due to the fact that helium was offside.
"We played well, had galore scoring opportunities," De Jong said.
"We deserved to win. We request to beryllium capable to capitalize connected these chances."
Sociedad's Carlos Soler was sent disconnected successful the 88th for a hard foul.
Barcelona had won 11 successful a enactment crossed each competitions successful a streak that included a 2-1 triumph implicit Real Madrid successful the last of the Spanish Super Cup successful Saudi Arabia past weekend. It hadn't mislaid since a 3-0 roadworthy decision against Chelsea successful the league signifier of the Champions League.
Its past Spanish league nonaccomplishment had been a 2-1 decision against Real Madrid successful the archetypal clasico of the play astatine the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium successful October.
Barcelona guardant Raphinha was not included successful the squad for Sunday's match. João Cancelo made his debut disconnected the seat successful the 2nd fractional aft precocious signing with the Catalan club.
Kubo had to beryllium taken disconnected the tract connected a stretcher successful the 2nd fractional due to the fact that of an injury.
Sorloth victor for Atletico
Alexander Sorloth scored aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional to springiness Atletico Madrid a 1-0 location triumph implicit relegation-threatened Alaves.
Sorloth struck successful the 48th infinitesimal with a steadfast header from adjacent the punishment spot aft Pablo Barrios crossed from the close flank. The shot deed the station astatine the acold country earlier going in.
It was the 10th commencement successful 19 league games for Sorloth this season. The Norway guardant has six goals, 3 with headers.
Alaves, winless successful 5 consecutive league games, came adjacent to equalizing a fewer times precocious successful the lucifer astatine the Metropolitano stadium successful the Spanish capital.
Alaves has 7 losses successful its past 9 league games, with its lone win, 1-0, against Real Sociedad successful December.
Earlier connected Sunday (January 18), Valencia moved retired of the relegation portion by winning 1-0 astatine Getafe with an 84th-minute extremity by José Gayà.
The effect ended Valencia's six-game winless streak successful the league. Getafe is present winless successful six consecutive league games, with 5 losses.
Celta Vigo routed 10-man Rayo Vallecano 3-0 astatine home. The visitors played with 10 men from the 66th aft Nobel Mendy was sent disconnected for a hard foul aft VAR review.
It was the 3rd triumph successful a enactment for Celta, which is seventh. Rayo is 13th.
