Timely Henry denies Valencia six of the best

Timely Henry denies Valencia six of the best

Thierry Henry's equaliser four minutes from time salvaged FC Barcelona a 2-2 draw at Valencia CF and denied the hosts a sixth consecutive Liga victory.
Goal breached

Barcelona were in scintillating form in defeating Sevilla FC on Wednesday and appeared to have picked up where they left off when they went a goal up after 24 minutes. A passing move between Andrés Iniesta and Lionel Messi carved open the Valencia defence and ended with the former cutting the ball back for Messi to finish. With two minutes of the first half remaining, however, Barça conceded their first goal in eight Liga matches when Víctor Valdés missed an inswinging corner and the ball went in off Hedwiges Maduro. One quickly two moments later as Pablo Hernández exchanged passes with Juan Mata and slid the ball across Valdés.
Málaga draw

However, with time ebbing away, Valencia goalkeeper César could only palm out free-kick into the area, allowing substitute Henry to lift the ball over a crowd of players. Barcelona, who host Chelsea FC in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final on Tuesday, are seven points clear of Real Madrid CF, who are away at Sevilla on Sunday. Elsewhere, seventh-placed Málaga CF drew 1-1 with the side immediately below them, RC Deportivo La Coruña, and UD Almería beat bottom side CD Numancia 2-1.
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