Iago Aspas netted a late equaliser to snatch a point for Celta Vigo as Barcelona suffered a potentially season-defining blow in the title race at the top of La Liga.

With the Spanish title race going down to the wire, the Catalans couldn’t afford to drop points at Balaidos, an historically difficult venue for them, and they were on course for a win until Aspas’ late intervention.

The first goal of a four-goal thriller saw Luis Suarez head home at the back post after some ingenuity from Lionel Messi who clipped a disguised freekick delivery into his teammate with two Celta Vigo back on the goal line preventing the shot.

Celta Vigo created some opportunities of their own and struck the post through Brais Mendez before they equalised in the second half, with Fedor Smolov finishing from close range after some good work by Okay Yokuslu down the right.

Suarez added a second on 67 minutes, spinning his marker inside the box to finish instinctively into the far corner of the net after being set up by Messi, but it was Aspas who had the final say, curling a low free-kick around the Barca wall to catch Marc-Andre Ter Stegen off guard.

Barcelona go one point clear at the top but Real Madrid can go two points above them tomorrow.