Midfielder Pedri slammed a “dreadful” first half as Barcelona suffered their first defeat of the LaLiga season on Sunday, shedding 4-1 to Sevilla on the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.
A penalty from veteran Alexis Sánchez in opposition to his former aspect and a strike from Isaac Romero helped Sevilla right into a two-goal lead inside 37 minutes, however Marcus Rashford pulled one again with a volley simply earlier than the break.
Robert Lewandowski missed a penalty within the second half to stage, earlier than late objectives from José Ángel Carmona and Akor Adams inflicted back-to-back defeats on Barça for the primary time since December 2024 after the midweek reverse in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain.
“The primary half was dreadful,” Pedri instructed Barça One after the sport. “I don’t assume we’ve performed as badly as we did right this moment. We’ve got to be sincere with ourselves and be self-critical.
“There was no depth or high quality with the ball within the first half. We didn’t know the right way to play via their press. We didn’t know what to do with the ball.
“We’ve got to enhance plenty of issues. The coach [Hansi Flick] and us, the gamers, will work exhausting to enhance them after the break in order that this doesn’t occur once more.”
The defeat sees Barça, who had been with out Lamine Yamal and Raphinha in Seville, slip to second within the LaLiga desk, behind Actual Madrid who beat Villarreal on Saturday.
Regardless of struggling a second loss in all competitions in per week, Flick refused to be too downbeat, as an alternative praising the aspect’s response within the second half.
In addition to Lewandowski’s miss from the penalty spot, substitute Roony Bardghji additionally squandered two good possibilities, whereas Eric García had a header saved from a nook.
“The primary half was not good for us,” the Barça coach stated in a information convention. “They performed one in opposition to one in opposition to us and so they had been very aggressive so we had no answer to play out.
“It was actually not good. However within the second half the response was good. I recognize so much what we did, how we performed and it was actually good to see.”
In addition to Yamal and Raphinha, Barça had been additionally lacking Marc-André ter Stegen, Joan García, Gavi and Fermín López in opposition to Sevilla.
The worldwide break offers the Spanish champions an opportunity to get some gamers again match, with Flick promising a response after they return to motion in LaLiga in opposition to Girona on Oct. 18.
“Crucial factor is the response and the emotion — additionally within the dressing room — that I see,” he added.
“It’s essential that we preserve that and that after we begin once more after the break we’ll battle. We are going to battle for each title. So will probably be for the Champions League, for the Copa [del Rey], for the Supercopa and naturally for LaLiga. That is what we wish.
“I feel we’re a great group. Gamers will come again and so we go on. It’s optimistic and we work exhausting and that is what we’ve got to do.”
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