adminBarcelona — who hold an 11-point lead in the league race over Atletico Madrid with 18 wins from 19 matches — looked to be in the driving seat after coming from a goal down to lead 2-1 after half-an-hour thanks to two goals in as many minutes by Lionel Messi and veteran talismanic defender Carles Puyol.
Malaga’s chances of coming away with anything better than a one goal deficit looked to be over when Nacho Monreal was red-carded 15 minutes from time for a trip on Pedro.
However, just as Malaga have shown in their maiden Champions League campaign that they are made of stern stuff so they did in Barcelona as Ignacio Camacho tucked the ball away neatly with a minute remaining after both Puyol and centre-back partner Javier Mascherano failed to get high enough to clear a free-kick.
On Tuesday Barca’s great rivals Real Madrid had taken a big step towards the semi-finals as they beat Valencia 2-0 at the Bernabeu.
Goals by Karim Benzema and an own goal by Mexican defender Andres Guardado gave the hosts a lead. — AFP.
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