Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick launched a scathing criticism of his gamers after they surrendered a two-goal lead towards Celta Vigo.
The Catalan giants had been 2-0 up and cruising due to objectives from Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski, however had Marc Casado despatched off with eight minutes to go after which inexplicably conceded twice within the house of two minutes to stroll away with only a level.
After tasting defeat to Actual Sociedad of their final La Liga recreation, Barca have as soon as extra gifted bitter rivals Actual Madrid the possibility to shut the hole on the high of the desk – Carlo Ancelotti’s facet face Leganes on Sunday and a win would see them simply 4 factors adrift.
Madrid will even nonetheless have a recreation in hand on Barca, which means the hole might be all the way down to a single level ought to they decide up one other win.
Flick, maybe understandably, was not amused by his facet’s implosion towards Celta, lambasting the variety of errors his crew made all through the sport.
“Generally it occurs that you simply see such a efficiency from a crew,” Flick instructed reporters. “I [didn’t] count on that we [could] play actually unhealthy like that however it’s like this. We’ve to face up and go forwards. It is one match.
“Everybody mentioned that Celta Vigo is troublesome to play and you’ll see it immediately. On the finish, it has to do with focus and focus. Possibly generally it was too straightforward or they suppose it is too straightforward to win, however it’s not straightforward. Everybody now needs to win towards us and desires to play good towards us.
“There have been lots of errors, lots of unhealthy passes, dropping the ball, improper choices and that. It is not in regards to the pink card. It is not about Jules’ mistake. [It’s about] the entire crew.
“It is a results of how we performed. We’ve to return again. If you find yourself 80% or 85% or 90% you can’t win. It is not really easy like that.”
Flick referenced the error made by Jules Kounde for Celta’s first purpose – the France worldwide permitting Alfon Gonzalez to race by on purpose – and the 26-year-old, freshly linked with a big-money transfer to Chelsea, was fast to take accountability for what he’d carried out.
“We weren’t on the stage required for the entire recreation and ultimately we’ve got been punished — beginning with me, as a result of I didn’t have a superb recreation,” Kounde admitted. “There was an absence of focus on my half. In what ought to have been a easy play, I dedicated an enormous error. That mistake has damage us.
“It is a studying curve for everybody. We’ve not performed properly within the final two video games. We’ve to get again to our stage. When issues are going properly, it is very easy, however now we’ve got to be united and concentrate on recovering our greatest kind.”
