Leganes stun Barca as Atletico move level
Hindustan Times Ranchi|December 17, 2024
BARCELONA: La Liga leaders Barcelona stumbled 1-0 at home against Leganes on Sunday as they suffered another blow in the Spanish title race.
Agencies
Leganes stun Barca as Atletico move level

Atletico Madrid pulled level on points with the Catalans with a 1-0 victory of their own against Getafe earlier on, their 11th straight win across all competitions.

Leganes defender Sergio Gonzalez headed home from a corner after four minutes for the visiting minnows and Barcelona missed a host of presentable chances as they failed to mount a comeback.

After a superb start to the season, Barcelona have lost three of their last six league games and won just one of those, seeing their lead whittled away.

Hansi Flick's side lead third-place Real Madrid by a single point, after the champions drew at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, having played one extra game than both their closest title rivals. "It was a messed-up game, it's impossible to be happy. I think we started the game half asleep," Pedri told DAZN.

"We woke up, we created chances but we didn't have the spark we needed to get the goal...

"We have to be better in front of goal if we want to win points, we're in a bad run in the league and we have to turn it around."

Barcelona started in the worst possible way as their former youth player Munir El Haddadi broke in down the right and forced a fine save from Inaki Pena at his near post.

From the resulting corner Leganes took the lead, with Sergio Gonzalez powering a header home to stun the Olympic stadium into silence.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 17, 2024 من Hindustan Times Ranchi.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 17, 2024 من Hindustan Times Ranchi.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

المزيد من القصص من HINDUSTAN TIMES RANCHI مشاهدة الكل
Hindustan Times Ranchi

Investigators file request to extend Yoon's detention

South Korean investigators probing President Yoon Suk-yeol for alleged insurrection asked a Seoul court on Friday to extend his detention as the embattled leader again refused to be questioned.

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

Graft Case: Khan Gets 14-Yr Term, 7-Yr Jail To Wife

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country's already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said.

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

Wipro's net profit zooms 24% to ₹3,354 crore in Q3

IT services company Wipro on Friday reported a 24.4% year-on-year rise in its consolidated net profit for the just-ended December quarter at about ₹3,354 crore.

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

BPCL ties ₹31,802 cr investment for Bina refinery expansion

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Friday said it has achieved financial closure for its Bina refinery expansion cum petrochemical project with the signing of a loan agreement of ₹31,802 crore with a consortium of six lenders led by the State Bank of India.

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

SC Stays Order Asking Delhi to Sign MoU Over Central Health Scheme

IT SAID THE NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF PM-ABHIM IN DELHI, WHEN 33 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES HAD ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IT, WOULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

444 Children Rescued Under Op AAHT

Under 'Operation AAHT,' the East Central Railway (ECR) achieved significant success in rescuing children and women from traffickers and ensuring their rehabilitation with their families.

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

Murugan Urges West Singhbhum to Focus on Development

The Union minister of parliamentary affairs and information and broadcasting, L Murugan, on Friday, called upon the West Singhbhum district administration to collectively work on improving the lifestyle of common people, calling it \"the only way to achieve Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi's mission of a 'Developed India' by 2047\".

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024

China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, slower than the year before but in line with Beijing's target of \"around 5%\" growth, thanks to strong exports and recent stimulus measures.

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

Rail operators likely to post double-digit growth in FY25

IND-RA HAS ALSO ASSIGNED AN IMPROVING OUTLOOK FOR THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY FOR FY26

time-read
1 min  |
January 18, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi

'Positive step': Garcetti on India's probe panel report

An Indian enquiry committee's report on the foiled plot to kill US-based pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is a \"very positive first step\" but doesn't mark a \"closed chapter\" for both countries as action remains to be taken, outgoing US ambassador Eric Garcetti said on Thursday.

time-read
4 mins  |
January 18, 2025