Barcelona suffered their first home defeat of the season as The Palms stunned the Spanish league leaders 2-1 at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Saturday.
Barcelona have played superbly in the first three months under new coach Hansi Flick. Coming into the visit of Las Palmas, Barca were flying high after convincing victories over Real Madrid in La Liga and Bayern Munich in the Champions League, winning all eight home games to start the campaign.
But Flick’s side have now gone three La Liga rounds without a win. Prior to the loss to Las Palmas, Barca fell 1-0 at Real Sociedad and drew 2-2 at Celta Vigo.
The latest defeat saw Sandro Ramírez and Wolves loanee Fábio Silva score for the Canary Islands club, either side of Raphina’s equaliser.
Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal returned as a half-time substitute from a right ankle injury that had sidelined with for three weeks, but Jasper Cillessen saved his best effort. The Las Palmas goalkeeper also did well to palm Raphinha’s free-kick over his bar in the final minutes.
Real Madrid, who have had their own troubles, especially in Europe, can now move ahead of Barcelona should the reigning La Liga champions win both games in-hand.
