Raphinha digs out Barcelona teammates after first home loss – ‘We’re doing lots of things badly’

Barcelona suffered their first defeat at Montjuic on Saturday under manager Hansi Flick, going down 2-1 to an inspired Las Palmas team. It is the third match without a win in La Liga, with just one point to show for it, and Raphinha expressed his frustration to the press after the match.

Now one of the vice-captains, Raphinha came out to face the press after a damaging defeat, and he did not hide his feelings.

“We have to look at what we are doing wrong to try and win the game. I think we have lowered the level of what we do and that makes it difficult for us during the matches. We must try to improve. We do a lot of things wrong. I'm angry. We already have the next game on Tuesday and we have to turn that around.”

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“It's not about my goal, it's about the win,” he told Diario AS.

The Brazilian was also reported to have expressed his irritation at Las Palmas' time-wasting tactics, but decided not to go further with his comments to 'avoid being punished'.

Barcelona will take on RCD Mallorca in Son Moix on Tuesday evening, as La Liga enters a midweek round of fixtures. They may do so now that their lead over Real Madrid has been reduced to just one point, as they play Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday afternoon. Raphinha was surprisingly named player of the match over other Las Palmas players, but had a disappointing performance by the majority.