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Barcelona surrendered the LaLiga title to Real Madrid as Luis Enrique's Camp Nou goodbye was set apart by an exciting 4-2 dig out from a deficit triumph more than 10-man Eibar.
The Catalans expected to win and afterward trust Madrid lost at Malaga so as to secure a third sequential class title, yet Zinedine Zidane's side held their nerve to win 2-0.
Barca – looking for a twelfth straight top-flight home win – were dazed by Takashi Inui's seventh-minute opener, a fine complete that ricocheted in off the underside of the crossbar.
Luis Suarez spurned two eminent opportunities to level before the interim, with Eibar goalkeeper Yoel protecting a stun lead, while fortune favored Jose Luis Mendilibar's side when Lionel Messi by one means or another scraped wide from six yards in the second half.
That demonstrated expensive when Inui slammed in his second off the edge of the objective, however it blended Barca into life and David Junca's own objective cut the shortfall in the 63rd moment.
An unmitigated plunge from Jordi Alba tricked arbitrator Alejandro Hernandez into granting a punishment, however Yoel gymnastically kept out Messi's exertion, just for Suarez to level it up three minutes after the fact.
Messi then gave penance for his spot-kick disappointment by changing over another after Neymar had been fouled by Ander Capa, whose red card added to the dramatization before Messi's late solo objective fixed it.
The home side were without protective trio Gerard Pique, Javier Mascherano and Jeremy Mathieu, which means Marlon Santos was chosen yet again.
It rapidly ended up plainly clear that Madrid, who required just a draw, had led the pack, sapping the positive thinking out of the Camp Nou swarm.
That feeling of looming frustration developed when Inui discharged a first-time shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen from Capa's seeking cross.
Suarez created to flame wide at the flip side promptly in the wake of, having dashed clear with just the goalkeeper to beat.
The Uruguayan demonstrated more precise in the fourteenth moment, yet his objective was discounted after Alba was decreed to have strayed offside in the development.
Neymar had theoretical interests for a punishment waved away as he went down under insignificant contact from Junca.
A Sergi Roberto volley called Yoel into his first important activity following 33 minutes and the Valencia loanee did splendidly to repulse Suarez's low shot before long.
Ruben Pena could have aggravated matters notwithstanding for Luis Enrique's men in the last moment of the half, however he neglected to turn home the bounce back from Inui's spared exertion.
There was no indication of Eibar attempting just to ensure their leverage in the second half, with the exuberant Inui denied from a tight point inside 90 seconds of the restart.
It proclaimed an open begin to the second time frame and Yoel spared cleverly from Andres Iniesta's 18-yard drive before keeping out another strike from the Spain legend.
Barca were 4-0 champs in January's turn around apparatus, yet by one means or another an achievement kept on evading them, Messi astoundingly side-balance wide from short proximity with Yoel laying defenselessly on the floor after Suarez's square pass.
That appalling miss was rebuffed not long after as Inui again perplexed Ter Stegen with a rifled shot that cannoned in off the bar to leave the home swarm in dismay.
They were given an opportune lift when Neymar's shot fell off the foot of the post and bounced back in off the shocking Junca, however Barca then endured a blow when Messi's punishment was sublimely spared, which offered Eibar some equity after Alba's play acting.
Still Barca declined to yield and Suarez handed over from point-clear range after Paco Alcacer flicked on a corner, and Messi committed no error from the spot in the 75th moment, before including his 37th LaLiga objective toward the finish of a fine solo keep running in stoppage time.
Luis Enrique will now plan to close down with flatware in the Copa del Rey last against Alaves one weekend from now.
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