Barcelona saw their perfect start to the season come to an end this evening as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Girona at the Camp Nou.
The hosts took the lead through Lionel Messi after 19 minutes, but found themselves down to 10 men later in the first half when Clement Lenglet was shown a straight red card.
Goals either side of half time by Cristhian Stuani saw Girona turn the game on its head, but Gerard Pique earned a point for Barcelona with a header just past the hour mark.
Find out how all of the action unfolded courtesy of our minute-by-minute updates below.
Barca have made a perfect start to the new campaign across all competitions and will be heavy favourites to extend that winning run tonight, although they face a Girona team who continue to upset the odds and impress.
We will have a close look at both teams a little later, but first let's check out the team news from the Camp Nou...
Well, the headline news is arguably that Samuel Umtiti misses out for the home side, with Lenglet coming into the starting lineup in place of the World Cup winning defender.
Gerard Pique continues alongside Umtiti at the heart of the defence, meanwhile, with Nelson Semedo returning on the right flank as Roberto drops to the bench from the midweek win over PSV.
Their places in the side are taken by summer signings Arthur and Arturo Vidal, with Ernesto Valverde opting to keep things fresh in midfield this evening.
As usual Messi stole the headlines in midweek with a record-breaking eighth Champions League hat-trick against PSV - including a stunning free kick to open the scoring - and he has been in typically good form throughout the campaign so far, scoring seven goals in just six appearances.
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The winger's fine solo effort against PSV in midweek took him to five goals in his six appearances so far this season - which is already more than he managed throughout that injury-stricken 2017-18 campaign.
Barca hit Girona for six in their most recent meeting too - with Suarez helping himself to a hat-trick in that match - so they will fancy their chances of more tonight too.
Eusebio Sacristan has once again named three central defenders, but it is more likely to be closer to a 5-3-2 formation tonight than the 3-4-3 system they deployed last time out.
There are a number of other former Premier League players in the Girona squad too, including Seydou Doumbia and former Stoke - and Barcelona - defender Marc Muniesa. Aleix Garcia - who starts - and Patrick Roberts are on loan from Man City, meanwhile.
Aside from that, though, Eusebio has largely kept faith with the players who made it two wins in a row against Celta last weekend.
Barca's performances have not actually been as good as their results might suggest and there is certainly still room for improvement, but the results are coming and that is always the most important thing.
A win or a draw would be enough to send Barca back to the top of the pile tonight, though, with Madrid having won four and drawn one of their opening five games.
As previously mentioned, Messi helped himself to a hat-trick in that match, so despite being left out of the three finalists for The Best awards - which will be decided tomorrow - Messi is still at the top of his game at the moment.
The majority of those goals did come in an 8-2 thrashing of Huesca in their most recent home league game, which slightly skews the statistics, but they have been prolific in general so far this season.
That is an unbeaten run of 32 matches which includes 29 victories, including an ongoing five-match winning streak which they will be bidding to extend tonight.
Barca have won 32 and drawn six of their 38 such games since that shock defeat by Alaves, which gives some concept of the challenge in front of Girona tonight.
🎙 Ernesto Valverde: "Girona are playing with no fear and they know they have nothing to lose. Eusebio is a coach who always stands tall and it will be an intense match." #BarçaGirona pic.twitter.com/IrsDb9PyXU
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 22, 2018
Girona upset all the odds last term by not only staying in the division, but doing so comfortably with a 10th-placed finish - equidistant between the relegation zone and the Champions League places.
Girona started with a goalless draw against Valladolid before being swept aside by Real Madrid, but have since bounced back with wins over Villarreal and Celta Vigo.
Of course, the likelihood of pulling off that win is remote, but they did win their only other away game so far this term by beating Villarreal 1-0 at the end of August.
Their last three away defeats have seen Girona ship a whopping 17 goals in total - including six against both Barcelona and Real Madrid and a 5-0 loss at Real Sociedad most recently.
Eusebio made more than 200 appearances for the club during that time, helping them to four successive league titles, the 1992 European Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and a Copa del Rey crown, amongst others.
🎙 Ernesto Valverde: "Girona are playing with no fear and they know they have nothing to lose. Eusebio is a coach who always stands tall and it will be an intense match." #BarçaGirona pic.twitter.com/IrsDb9PyXU
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 22, 2018
I cannot see past a home win for this one, and a relatively comfortable one at that. Girona can never be fully counted out, but it would be a major surprise if the visitors managed to get anything out of this game.
SPORTS MOLE SAYS: Barcelona 3-0 Girona
Barcelona dominated both of those matches, scoring nine goals over the games and conceding just one.
Suarez responded to restore parity just two minutes later, though, going on to score a hat-trick while Messi got two and Coutinho scored.
BARCELONA STARTING XI: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Arthur, Busquets, Vidal; Messi, Suarez, Dembele
GIRONA STARTING XI: Bounou; Aday, Espinosa, Alcala, Juanpe, Muniesa; Garcia, Pons, Granell; Portu, Stuani
Non-Spanish players with most La Liga matches:
— Gracenote Live (@GracenoteLive) September 23, 2018
423 - Lionel Messi (+1)
422 - Dani Alves
384 - Valeri Karpin
370 - Roberto Carlos
369 - Mauro Silva
368 - Miroslav Djukić#LaLiga #FCBLive #BarçaGirona #ForçaBarça
Vidal broke into the box and used his strength to shrug off a defender before teeing up Messi, who simply strokes his first-time finish into the bottom corner. Easy as you like for the five-time Ballon d'Or winner!
Eighth goal for Lionel Messi this season - set up by @kingarturo23. @GironaFC's resistance is broken, and they trail 1-0 to @FCBarcelona.#LaLiga #BarcaGirona #PureFootball
— Eleven Sports (@ElevenSports_UK) September 23, 2018
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OUCH. @clement_lenglet is OFF for this challenge, and it's game on at the Camp Nou.#BarcaGirona #LaLiga #PureFootball
— Eleven Sports (@ElevenSports_UK) September 23, 2018
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It is poor defending from Barcelona as Stuani escapes Pique to break clean through on goal, avoiding the chance to go down under the challenge of Busquets inside the box. Ter Stegen is a little slow to come off his line, and that allows Stuani to clip it past the keeper.
Girona's equaliser right on the stroke of half time will make them the happier of the two teams at the interval, and they may even feel that they might go on and win the game given that Barcelona are down to 10 men.
It was poor defending from Girona - in particular former Barcelona man Muniesa - as Vidal was able to break into the box and tee up Messi, who made no mistake with his finish.
The former Middlesbrough striker nipped in front of a complacent Pique and broke into the box before clipping his finish past the keeper from close range.
It was a very controversial decision, with Lenglet having initially been awarded the free kick before it was reviewed. He caught Pons with an elbow, although it is still unclear whether there was any malice involved.
Pique does not have the pace to keep up with Portu, who races on to the ball and goes down under the challenge of Pique inside the box. It would be a penalty, but Portu bounces straight back up and sees his effort thwarted by Ter Stegen. The ball falls to the feet of Stuani, who buries his strike into the top corner.
Suarez does really well to keep the ball alive by darting to the near post and seeing his effort saved by the keeper from a tight angle. The ball rises high in the air, and Pique beats two defenders to nod it past the retreating keeper.
Is that atonement for @3gerardpique? He's headed his team level.@FCBarcelona 2 - @GironaFC 2.
— Eleven Sports (@ElevenSports_UK) September 23, 2018
Still around half an hour left in this one!#BarcaGirona
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Messi had opened the scoring for the hosts, but a red card for Clement Lenglet changed the game and Cristhian Stuani scored either side of half time to put Girona ahead. Pique rescued a point for the 10 men of Barcelona, but it is a first slip-up of the season from Valverde's men.
Thank you very much for joining Sports Mole for tonight's match as Girona end Barcelona's perfect start to the season! I will leave you with our match report, and be sure to stick around for any reaction too.
From me, though, it is goodbye for now!