Xavi: 'If we don't bounce back mentally, it will cost us the league'

 

"If we don't bounce back mentally, it will cost us the league," Xavi said after Barcelona's loss to Almeria away.

"I am the person most responsible. We failed. Luckily we have a cushion of points in La Liga. I always said that it was going to be extremely difficult to win it.

"We want to say sorry to the fans. What we saw today is inexcusable. I don't understand it We didn't deserve to win and we have to take responsibility. I'm very pissed off."

"It was too difficult. We weren't there. We weren't inside the match. This was our worst match of the season."

It appears that the Blaugrana players are still affected by the Manchester United loss. It's also clear that the Catalans lack creativity when Pedri and Ousmane Dembele aren't on the pitch.

Barca had the chance to go 10 points ahead of Real Madrid tonight. Instead, the gap between us and second place is now narrowed to seven points.