In round 15 of La Liga, Barcelona hosted Las Palmas at home. With a star-studded squad, Hansi Flick and his team lost 1-2. Notably, this was Barcelona's third consecutive winless match in La Liga, after losing to Real Sociedad and drawing with Celta Vigo.
While Barcelona did not play well, Raphinha was still the bright spot with 1 equalizer. The Brazilian striker was not satisfied after the match, according to AS: "We played badly in the match. We have to look at what we did wrong to try to improve, thereby winning in the next matches.
We seem to be playing below our true level and are just complicating things. So we need to keep improving and working to win La Liga.”
Raphinha also confirmed that Barcelona made too many mistakes: “We made a lot of mistakes. I don’t care about the goal, I just want to win. Today we didn’t win and I’m not happy with the match at all.”
Similarly, Ferran Torres, who has just returned from injury, expressed his disappointment. He said: “Disappointed, frustrated, angry? We were not effective and we did not play well, that is the reality. But we know our strengths and now we have to work hard for the next matches.”
Having failed to win, Barcelona are now only 2 points ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid. Meanwhile, Real Madrid are also chasing them with 4 points less, but still have 2 matches left to play. If Ancelotti's team wins all their upcoming matches, they will leapfrog to the top of the table.
