Xavi has defined why Robert Lewandowski has struggled in latest Barcelona video games as he endures his worst kind in entrance of purpose in 12 years.
Lengthy revered as certainly one of Europe’s best goalscorers after profitable spells with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, Lewandowski joined Barca final yr and received the Pichichi Trophy in his debut season in La Liga with 23 strikes.
Nevertheless, the Poland striker has now failed to attain in his final six video games, along with his blanks coinciding with a downturn in kind for Xavi and Barcelona. Barca are seven factors off the summit of La Liga forward of Sunday’s conflict with Alaves and in addition suffered a shock defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek Champions League motion.
Talking forward of that conflict at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, supervisor Xavi revealed his star striker has suffered in the course of the latest interval attributable to his aspect’s lack of attacking efficiency.
He mentioned: “He’s in 100% situation. He is affected by the shortage of positional play.
“We have not attacked effectively and we did not take care of Robert like how we used to do.”
Barca have scored 24 targets in La Liga to date this season – the fifth most of all 20 groups – with Lewandowski contributing 5 strikes. Ferran Torres has contributed three and Joao Cancelo and Raphinha have bagged two apiece, however the remainder of the targets have come from 11 particular person scorers.
Lewandowski has additionally scored simply as soon as within the 2023/24 Champions League, with Torres and Joao Felix main the best way in Europe with two efforts every.
The 35-year-old was sidelined earlier within the season with an ankle sprain and hasn’t netted since he returned to motion. Nevertheless, Sunday’s conflict with 14th-place Alaves, who had been promoted to La Liga final season, may present the proper likelihood for Lewandowski to get again among the many targets.