Hansi Flick admitted that Barcelona weren’t at Paris Saint-Germain’s degree of their 2-1 Champions League loss on Wednesday.
Barcelona took the lead within the nineteenth minute by means of Ferran Torres, however they have been pegged again earlier than the break by Senny Mayulu, earlier than Goncalo Ramos netted a late winner for the reigning champions.
It was simply the second Ninetieth-minute successful objective towards Barcelona in Champions League historical past, and the primary ever scored away from house towards the Blaugrana in any main European competitors.
Barca have solely misplaced three of their final 52 Champions League matches when scoring the opening objective – all three have been at house to PSG (beforehand 1-4 in February 2021 and 1-4 in April 2024).
Flick’s facet dominated within the first half, and he acknowledged {that a} quieter second half had finally price them.
“We began very effectively, however after half-hour they managed the sport higher, and we dissolved,” Flick mentioned. “Within the second half, they have been higher, and we weren’t at our greatest.
“We are able to’t say we’re at their [PSG’s] degree. However I imagine in my crew, and we didn’t see our greatest. We misplaced, however we need to get again to our greatest, and that’s why now we have to coach and enhance. We’ll see what we did fallacious.
“We didn’t have our construction within the second half. We now have to coach and enhance. The sport helps us lots. I’m positive we will play like PSG, however now we have to carry on.
“The entire crew has to assault; everybody has to defend. At PSG, everybody is aware of how one can exploit area, how one can play two-on-one.”
One optimistic for Barcelona was that Torres’ objective means they’ve now scored in 45 consecutive matches in all competitions, a run stretching again to December 2024. It’s their longest scoring run of their total historical past.
Marcus Rashford has performed his position in that run just lately – he has been concerned in seven objectives in his final seven video games for membership and nation (three objectives, 4 assists), helping in every of his final three outings for Barcelona.
However Flick didn’t need to deal with the file because it couldn’t be celebrated with a victory.
“I don’t need to take into consideration the file,” Flick mentioned. “We misplaced, and I don’t like dropping. We might have scored extra. We now have to simply accept defeat.
“In case you’re drained, what occurred within the second half occurs. Their philosophy is incredible; their younger gamers are additionally excellent.
“They got here in with contemporary legs and raised their degree, not lowered it. We’ll discuss on Friday to see what we have to enhance.”
