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Barcelona survive derby, Atletico beat Valencia
Madrid, Feb 5 (IANS) FC Barcelona retained their unbeaten record in the La Liga as they came back from a goal down to take a point from a feisty local derby away to Espanyol.
Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde, perhaps mindful of his side’s Cup semi-final return leg away to Valencia on Thursday night, left Leo Messi on the subs’ bench along with Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Roberto and Jordi Alba and gave a chance to Paco Alcacer and Nelson Semedo, reports Xinhua news agency.
The first half was a scrappy affair played under pouring rain and there were few chances, but Espanyol took the lead thanks to Gerard Moreno’s excellent header following a Sergio Garcia cross.
By that time Leo Messi had replaced Alcacer and he supplied the free kick which allowed Gerard Pique to equalise with a powerful header.
Pique’s ‘finger to lips’ gesture to the Espanyol fans who had been insulting him all game making it quite clear how he felt about scoring the goal.
Atletico Madrid then defeated Valencia 1-0 thanks to a splendid second half goal from Angel Correa to close to within nine points of Barca and open up a nine point lead over Valencia in third.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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