Barcelona finally fall

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi scores between a host of Real Soceidad players during their La Liga clash Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian on Saturday. Messi struck in his tenth consecutive match, but Barcelona crumpled to their first defeat of the season. Photo: Reuters

* Barca let slip two-goal lead to lose 3-2
*Messi scores in 10 consecutive games to match La Liga record of Mariano Martin (42-43) and Ronaldo (96-97)

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Leaders Barcelona suffered their first defeat in La Liga this season when Real Sociedad stormed back from two-goals down and made the most of a red card for Gerard Pique to record a 3-2 home win on Saturday.
Imanol Agirretxe stunned the visitors by sliding in to grab a last-gasp winner after a double from Gonzalo Castro, who scored either side of halftime, helped cancel out early goals for the visitors from Lionel Messi and Pedro.
A full-strength Barca had dominated the first half, but Pique's second yellow card in the 56th minute came when Sociedad were in the ascendancy, and the hosts were eventually rewarded for their endeavour in time added on.
Barca, who had won every league game except for a 2-2 draw at home to champions Real Madrid in October, stayed on 55 points from 20 games, 11 ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid.
Atletico host Levante on Sunday when Real, 18 points off the pace in third, visit Valencia.
"I have to congratulate Real Sociedad. Their victory is more to do with how well they played than my players not playing well," Barca coach Tito Vilanova told a news conference.
"The key moment was when Messi's shot stayed on the line. At 3-0 it would have been game over," Vilanova added.
In the late game, Malaga goalkeeper Willy Caballero saved a point for his side by denying Enrique De Lucas in a one-on-one in the last minute as they held on for a 1-1 draw at home to Celta Vigo.
Malaga defender Martin Demichelis gave Manuel Pellegrini's side the lead after 31 minutes when he got the final touch to the ball after a goalmouth scramble.
But Celta's Augusto Fernandez pounced on a loose ball to fire home the equaliser in the 76th and leave Malaga fifth with 32 points.
Results
Granada 2 (Amat 24-og, Recio 80) Rayo Vallecano 0
Real Sociedad 3 (Castro 41, 62, Agirretxe 90+1) Barcelona 2
(Messi 7, Pedro 25)
Getafe 1 (Colunga 44) Sevilla 1 (Reyes 40)
Malaga 1 (Demichelis 37) Celta Vigo 1 (Fernández 76)