Makeshift Barca side beaten at Celta and lose Dembele to injury

Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Celta Vigo v FC Barcelona - Balaidos, Vigo, Spain - May 4, 2019 Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas scores their second goal from the penalty spot REUTERS/Miguel Vidal

VIGO (Reuters) - Barcelona fell to their first La Liga defeat since November as the champions were beaten 2-0 at struggling Celta Vigo after making 11 changes but forward Ousmane Dembele suffered an injury setback ahead of Tuesday's Champions League game at Liverpool.

The win took Celta on to 40 points and a step closer towards guaranteeing survival but it meant 19th-placed Rayo Vallecano became the first team to be relegated, after a 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Levante left them on 31 points from 36 games.