Video: Valencia 0 – 1 Barcelona (Nov-30-2014) [La Liga] Highlights

Despite having the Argentine, Luis Suarez and Neymar in the starting XI, it was the midfielder who netted in the dying seconds to grab the victory

Sergio Busquets broke Valencia hearts with a goal deep into stoppage time to steal a 1-0 win for Barcelona on Sunday.

Luis Enrique’s team appeared set to lose further ground on La Liga leaders Real Madrid, who chalked up a club-record 16th consecutive win across all competitions against Malaga on Saturday.

But Busquets smashed home to rescue a largely laboured performance after Diego Alves blocked Neymar’s header from Lionel Messi’s chipped cross

Barca were indebted to goalkeeper Claudio Bravo for fine saves that denied Valencia duo Sofiane Feghouli and Alvaro Negredo before Busquet’s first La Liga goal for 14 months provided a sting in the tail.

Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo responded to last weekend’s loss against Levante by replacing Carles Gil and Pablo Piatti with Dani Parejo and Feghouli in his starting XI.

Opposite number Luis Enrique elected an unusually robust Barcelona midfield featuring holding duo Sergio Busquets and Javier Mascherano, while former Valencia defender Jeremy Mathieu was preferred to Marc Bartra at centre-back.

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