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Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Alaves and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 20:00 GMT.

La Liga / Matchday 8
Mendizorroza / 31.10.2020
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Pete Sharland

Updated 31/10/2020 at 21:55 GMT


38'
De Jong over the bar! The delivery into the Alaves penalty area from Roberto was a good one, de Jong got ahead of his marker, but heads over. He's claiming he was fouled in the box.
37'
Crucial intervention! Deyverson attempted to find Rioja at the back post with a raking, cross-field pass, but Roberto was tracking back and made the interception. That was crucial!
36'
I said earlier in the match that Alaves are good at absorbing pressure. Well, now they have something to protect. The onus will be on Barcelona to break them down and create something.
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33'
Neto has veen very good in Ter Stegen's absence over the opening few weeks of the season, but that was poor, undeniably. How wil Barcelona respond to falling behind here?
32'
So who was to blame for that mess? The pass from Pique was a bit strong, but was he expecting Neto to be in a different position? It looked that way. Neto's ball control was also poor.
31'
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Alaves 1 (31 mins - Luis Rioja) Barcelona 0. What a disaster for Neto! Barcelona trail! What has just happened? The goalkeeper miscontrolled a back-pass from Pique, the ball got stuck under his feet and Rioja was quickly on the scene to win the ball and finish into the back of the Barcelona net!
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31'
PICTURE: Messi threatening
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30'
A lot of questions have been asked of Busquets over the opening few weeks of the season. Pjanic looked to be a more natural partner for de Jong in the win over Juventus.
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Busquets is eased off the ball when he shouldn't have been, giving Alaves the chance to break on the rapid counter attack. It's been a difficult start to the season for the midfielder.
27'
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Cleared off the line! Messi's low freekick was heading for the back of the net, but the clearance was made by Lejeune off the line. Busquets then elected to pass after controlling the rebound! Why didn't he shoot?
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Lejeune picks up a yellow card for a foul on the edge of his own penalty area.
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Griezmann told Koeman in no uncertain terms over the international break that he wants to be played as a centre forward. The French striker has been given a chance in that role tonight.
23'
Griezmann scuffs his shot! A lovely passing move from Barcelona sees the pass made out to Ansu, he then set up Griezmann with the reverse ball, but the Frenchman scuffs his shot wide.
22'
Messi took on one, then two, then three. There were just too many bodies for the Barcelona number 10 to beat on the edge of the box and Alaves eventually come away with the ball.
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That is the risk Barcelona take by sending Alba forward to provide an attacking outlet down the left side. Alaves will counter when they get the opportunity like they did there.
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Big chance for Alaves! The home side came flying forward on the counter attack, Alba was out of position, but Egdar couldn't beat Neto with his low shot. The Barcelona keeper makes the save.
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Jota becomes the first player to be shown a yellow card. He stopped a Barcelona attack.
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