Barca lose, Real Sociedad and Granada win

 　　MADRID, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Real Sociedad came back from 2-0 down at home to hand FC Barcelona their first defeat of the the BBVA Primera Liga this season when beating the leaders 3-2 on Saturday night.

　　Barca looked to be cruising when they went 2-0 up thanks to goals from Leo Messi, who has scored in 10 consecutive¹ league matches, and Pedro Rodriguez, but Chori Castro pulled a goal back before halftime and Barca were in trouble when Gerard Pique² was sent off for two yellow cards just 10 minutes after the break.

　　A Chori Castro shot deflected³ past Barca keeper off Javier Mascherano, Victor Valdes leveled the scores after 63 minutes and substitute Imanol Agirretxe sneaked⁴ in through the defense⁵ to poke⁶ home the goal that condemned⁷ Barca to their first league defeat of the season in injury time.

　　Saturday kicked off with Granada ending Rayo Vallecano's 4-game winning run with a 2-0 defeat. A Jordi Amat own goal and an 80th minute shot from Recio, who has recently joined Granada on loan from Malaga gave the Primera Liga strugglers a deserved win.

　　New Sevilla coach Unai Emery couldn't enjoy a winning league debut⁸ as his side were held 1-1 in Getafe. Jose Antonio Reyes put Sevilla ahead, but Getafe earned a draw thanks to Adrian Colunga's second half free kick.

　　The day ended with Celta taking a valuable point away to Malaga. Martin Demichelis put Malaga ahead after slotting home a rebound⁹, but Augusto Fernandez assured a draw for Celta, who have not lost in Malaga for 30 years, 14 minutes from time.

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

2 pique   

v.伤害…的自尊心，使生气 n.不满，生气

参考例句：

• She went off in a fit of pique.她一赌气就走了。
• Tom finished the sentence with an air of pique.汤姆有些生气地说完这句话。

3 deflected   

偏离的

参考例句：

• The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。
• Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

4 sneaked   

v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 )；偷偷溜走；（儿童向成人）打小报告；告状

参考例句：

• I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
• She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

7 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

8 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

9 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。