Valencia fought back to snatch a 1-1 draw at home against Barcelona in their La Liga clash on Saturday — a result that will do nothing to ease the pressure on Xavi Hernandez’s side, winless in their last three games in all competitions.

Barcelona looked nervy and erratic despite dominating the ball, having travelled to Valencia in the wake of two defeats in four days — a 4-2 home loss to Girona on Sunday followed by Wednesday’s 3-2 Champions League defeat at Group H bottom side Antwerp.

But Barca hit an all but impenetrable wall in Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who made a string of outstanding saves to keep the visitors at bay.

Striker Robert Lewandowski was often frustrated up front, sometimes by Mamardashvili, who made two brilliant reflex saves point-blank to deny the Polish striker, but also by his own play, misfiring three times from close range in the first half.

Joao Felix finally broke the deadlock in the 55th minute with a close-range strike, tapping in from a Raphinha cross.

However, Valencia made the most of the chance that came their way and equalised 15 minutes later with a brilliant curling shot from the edge of the box by Hugo Guillamon into the top left corner.

Dortmund lose ground

Borussia Dortmund stumbled to a 1-1 draw at Augsburg to make it three Bundesliga games without a win and lose further ground in the title race.

Ermedin Demirovic put hosts Augsburg in front after beating defender Nico Schlotterbeck for the ball and scoring in the 23rd minute.

Their lead lasted only 12 minutes though, with Donyell Malen superbly combining with Niclas Fuellkrug and drilling in a low shot.