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Marcus Rashford came off the bench to score for Barcelona but the La Liga leaders lost an incident-packed game at Real Sociedad.<\/b><\/p>\n
The England forward equalised with a 70th-minute header in San Sebastian – his eighth goal in all competitions since joining on loan from Manchester United – to cancel out Mikel Oyarzabal’s side-foot volley.<\/p>\n
But Barcelona were on level terms for less than a minute before Goncalo Guedes scored what proved to be the winner.<\/p>\n
In a pulsating game, Barca were awarded a penalty only for it to be overturned and had three goals disallowed, while Dani Olmo hit the post twice.<\/p>\n
Fermin Lopez, Frenkie de Jong and Lamine Yamal all had goals ruled out for offside inside the opening half an hour before Sociedad captain Oyarzabal put the hosts ahead with a sumptuous finish in the 32nd minute.<\/p>\n
There was plenty more drama to follow.<\/p>\n
Barcelona thought they had won a penalty deep in first-half stoppage time when 18-year-old Lamine Yamal went down under a challenge by Igor Zubeldia.<\/p>\n
The referee pointed to the spot before a VAR review resulted in the spot-kick being overturned because of another offside.<\/p>\n
After Olmo hit the post in the 47th and 49th minutes, Barca substitute Robert Lewandowski had a header pushed on to the bar by goalkeeper Alex Remiro.<\/p>\n
The visitors levelled when Rashford pounced seven minutes after coming on, before Sociedad went ahead again almost immediately through Guedes.<\/p>\n
There was still time for Barca to hit the woodwork once more – with Jules Kounde’s 85th-minute header crashing against the bar.<\/p>\n
Sociedad finished with 10 men when Carlos Soler was shown a straight red for a late challenge on Pedri in the 88th minute, but survived nine additional minutes to beat Barcelona at home for the second successive season.<\/p>\n
Barca’s third league defeat of the campaign leaves them with 49 points from 20 games – a point clear of second-placed Real Madrid – while Sociedad have climbed up to eighth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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