Araujo struck in the final minute of normal time amid a
concerted flurry to cancel out Domingos Duarte's early opener and spare his
side's blushes as the game finished 1-1.
The home crowd had been stunned into silence within two
minutes of kick-off when Duarte headed Sergio Escudero's corner past keeper
Marc-Andre ter Stegen and into the net.
Jorge Molina went close to a second for the visitors, but
Sergi Roberto was denied at the other end by the crossbar and Memphis Depay
failed to round off a quick break as the Catalan giants turned the screw.
Araujo, Sergino Dest and substitute Oscar Mingueza all went
close with the half-time whistle approaching, but Barca went in at the break
still trailing.
Araujo and Depay threatened again as the second half
unfolded, but keeper Luis Maximiano and his defenders held firm with substitute
Luuk De Jong heading just over from close range with 11 minutes remaining
before Maximiano saved superbly from Araujo.
Substitute Gerard Pique was thrown into an attacking role as
the home side fought desperately for a way back, and it duly arrived in the
final minute of the game when Araujo headed them level in the nick of time.
Elsewhere, Victor Osimhen started the ball rolling as Napoli
climbed to the top of Serie A with a resounding 4-0 victory over Udinese at the
Dacia Arena.
The visitors took the lead with 24 minutes gone when
Osimhen, who had scored both goals as his side fought back to secure a 2-2
Europa League draw at Leicester on Thursday evening, struck from close range
after running on to Mario Rui's through-ball.
It might have been 2-0 within seven minutes when Fabian
Ruiz's long-range strike came back off the woodwork, but the reprieve proved
temporary when defender Amir Rrahmani headed home Kalidou Koulibaly's
35th-minute cross.
Gerard Deulofeu passed up an opportunity to reduce the
deficit eight minutes before the break and Koulibaly effectively wrapped up the
points within seven minutes of the restart with Napoli's third, substitute
Hirving Lozano's late strike simply cementing a comfortable win which eased
them from third place to first.
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