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Osasuna 4-2 Barcelona: Ante Budimir Brace Condemns La Liga Leaders To First Defeat

Osasuna were unbeaten in their six previous home league games and took an 18th-minute lead when Budimir n🍎odded home from Zaragoza's cross

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Osasuna celebrate Budimir's opener.
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Barcelona suffered their first LaLiga defeat of the season after going down 4-2 against Osasuna at Estadio El Sadar. (More Football News)

Ante Budimir scored twice, while Bryan Zaragoza and substitute Abel Bretones were also on target for the hosts, who claimed their first league win over the Blaugrana in nine attempts.

Osasuna were unbeaten in their six previous home league♛ games and took an 18th-minute lead when Budimir nodded home from Zaragoza's cross.

The latter, who is on loan from Bayern Munich, dou🐓bled the advantage 10 minutes later when he ♐rounded off a swift counter.

Pau Victor halved the deficit eigℱht minutes after the restart, but Budimir's 72nd-minute penalty put the hosts back in control, befor🐎e Bretones made it 4-1 with seven minutes remaining.

Lamine Yamal climbed off the bench to reduce Barca's arrears, but it was a consolation for Hansi Flick's side, 𒁃who dropped their first points th🦂is term. 

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Flick was aiming to become ღonly the second Barca ma꧂nager after Gerardo Martino in 2013-14 to oversee eight straight victories at the start of a LaLiga season.

However, he and the visitors were denied by their inspired hosts, who have now recorded four successive home league wins for the first time꧒ since September 2011.