Spanish champions, suffered another shock 1-0 defeat when they visited lowly placed Real Valladolid, denting their title hopes as they now placed third on the log table behind Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Valladolid, who started the day in the relegation zone, took the lead in the 17th minute through Fausto Rossi, who fired home after he and Javi Guerra had their earlier hots blocked.
Lionel Messi, who had a chance saved before the opener, and Cesc Fabregas forced keeper Diego Marino into more stops but they trailed.
Messi, despite recent on-field vomiting problems, forced another two saves after the break and Neymar blazed a shot over the bar from close range as Barcelona could not find a way through.
Valladolid substitute Oscar Gonzalez almost doubled the hosts' lead on the counter-attack as Barcelona slipped to a third defeat in six league games and a second straight away defeat.
The Catalan club are now one point behind both Atletico and Real Madrid. Real could go four points above Barcelona with victory over Levante in their game in hand on Sunday.
The club's coach Gerard Tata Matino however rebuff saying in some quarters that the team lacks attitude saying on the contrary what the team lacks is "depth" and "good elaboration in build-up"
"The team lacked ideas but not intensity,
"We completely failed in generating play and that's what stopped us from getting the result." Matino said
"We lacked what makes us Barca: good elaboration in our build-up, finding spaces, breaking through on the wings and having depth. But we didn't lack attitude." He added
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