Barcelona missed the chance to move into LaLiga's top four for the first time since August as they failed to break down 10-man Sevilla at a rain-soaked Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.
Papu Gomez gave Sevilla a 1-0 lead just after the half-hour mark with a well-worked corner kick played to the penalty spot for the Argentinean to sweep home first-time.
Barcelona responded on the stroke of half-time when Ronald Araujo found the far corner of the net with an excellent glancing header from a good corner into the box.
Meanwhile Sevilla were reduced to ten men when Kounde was shown a straight red card for throwing the ball into the face of Jordi Alba after a confrontation with the Barcelona left-back.
Barcelona would blame themselves after they weren't able to take their chances in the game. Ousmane Dembele struck the post with just minutes remaining, but 10-man Sevilla held firm to take a point that narrows the gap on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga to five points.
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