Barcelona missed a chance to temporarily increase its Spanish league lead when it conceded two late goals and drew with Deportivo la Coruna 2-2 at home on Saturday.
lionel Messi opened the scoring with a curling free kick before halftime, and set up Ivan Rakitic's powerful strike from outside the area after an hour. Then Deportivo striker lucas Perez scored, and set up the equaliser by Alex Bergantinos after a late counterattack to shock the crowd at the Camp Nou.
The result extended Barcelona's winless streak to three matches, and gave rivals Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid precious chances to make up ground in the 15th round.
Barcelona has a three-point lead over Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid was five points behind Barcelona.
Deportivo, unbeaten in six games and with only one away loss this season, was sixth.
"We had everything under control until the 30-minute mark of the second half,"Barcelona coach luis Enrique said.