Barcelona 1-1 Alaves: Sergio Aguero suffers injury as hosts draw first match since Ronald Koeman sacking

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Sergio Aguero, Barcelona, Alaves, La Liga

Sergio Aguero was forced off with what appeared to be a chest injury as Barcelona drew their first match since the sacking of Ronald Koeman.

Aguero went down clutching the top of his chest and received treatment for several minutes before being helped off the pitch just before half-time.

Memphis Depay opened the scoring in the second half with a curling effort.

Luis Rioja earned Alaves a point after rounding goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

The point keeps Barcelona in ninth place - eight points behind La Liga leaders Real Madrid, who beat Elche 2-1 earlier on Saturday.

In front of just over 37,000 supporters at the Nou Camp, interim coach Sergi Barjuan's side went closest to a first-half opener when Eric Garcia's downward header was saved by Alaves goalkeeper Antonio Sivera.

Depay was inches away from restoring Barcelona's lead soon after Alaves' equaliser, but the Dutchman could only steer his effort from Gavi's pass against the post.

Philippe Coutinho, who replaced Aguero late in the first half, stung Sivera's palms with a dipping shot as the visitors held on for their first point at the Nou Camp since 2016.

Line-ups

Barcelona

Formation 4-3-3

1ter Stegen
22MinguezaSubstituted forEzzalzouliat 80'minutes
3PiquéSubstituted forLengletat 70'minutes
24García
18Alba
28González IglesiasSubstituted forBalde Martínezat 80'minutes
5Busquets
30Paez GaviriaSubstituted forPuig Martíat 70'minutes
2Dest
19AgüeroSubstituted forCoutinhoat 41'minutes
9Depay

Substitutes

6Puig Martí
11Demir
13Murara Neto
14Coutinho
15Lenglet
17de Jong
23Umtiti
26Peña Sotorres
31Balde Martínez
33Ezzalzouli
34Sanz

Alavés

Formation 4-3-3

13SiveraBooked at 45mins
23Navarro JiménezSubstituted forAguirregabiriaat 20'minutes
5Laguardia
22Lejeune
3DuarteBooked at 82mins
6Loum
20PonsSubstituted forPinaat 62'minutes
15MoyaSubstituted forGarcía Alonsoat 80'minutes
17MéndezSubstituted forPellistriat 62'minutes
9JoseluSubstituted forSyllaat 80'minutes
11Rioja

Substitutes

2Rodríguez
4Miazga
7Sylla
8Pina
10Guidetti
12García
14García Alonso
18Pellistri
19Martín
21Aguirregabiria
27López
31Ferrer Owono

Referee:Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Attendance:37,278

Live Text

Match ends, Barcelona 1, Alaves 1.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 1, Alaves 1.
Dangerous play by Eric García (Barcelona).
Martín Aguirregabiria (Alaves) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Víctor Laguardia.
Hand ball by Riqui Puig (Barcelona).
Attempt saved. Florian Lejeune (Alaves) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manu García with a cross.
Foul by Balde (Barcelona).
Martín Aguirregabiria (Alaves) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Florian Lejeune (Alaves).
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Eric García.
Attempt missed. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Rubén Duarte (Alaves) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rubén Duarte (Alaves).
Substitution, Barcelona. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Óscar Mingueza.
Substitution, Barcelona. Balde replaces Nicolás González Iglesias.
Substitution, Alaves. Manu García replaces Toni Moya.
Substitution, Alaves. Mamadou Sylla replaces Joselu.