In the other match, Ivan Perisic's stoppage-time equalizer gave Bruges a deserved 2-2 draw at Toulouse.

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In other action, Borja Valero scored an injury-time equalizer for nine-man Real Mallorca against Atletico Madrid, who are without a coach after the midweek sacking of Abel Resino.

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Barcelona and Chelsea met for the first time in 2000, but have since faced each other a dozen times in a series of increasingly acrimonious battles, highlighted by their notorious showdown at Stamford Bridge in 2009, when Barcelona advanced on Andres Iniesta's stoppage time equalizer, which came after Chelsea had been denied three apparent penalty kicks.

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