Xavi, critical of the penalty not called and upset by the umpteenth 'prick' by Barça

The FC Barcelona completed his worst week of the season after falling the Wednesday in Bilbao in front of the Athletic, sealing his elimination of the Glass of Rey, with a hard and unexpected defeat home against the Villarreal (3-5), a result that leaves him to ten points of the Real Madrid in the fight by the leadership of LaLiga. After the third fall of the season in Montjuïc, the one of Terrassa again assumed the responsibility by the bad moment of the team, but also left clear his annoyance by the arbitration of José Luis Munuera Montero.

On the minute 90, the Andalusian referee sentenced a hand penalti of Santi Comesaña after a finish of Ílkay Gündogan that hit in the right arm of the mediocentro Spanish. However, the main revirtió his decision after the warning of the VAR and the back review in the monitor, when considering that the '4' of the Villarreal had the arm hit to the body and, therefore, the hand was not punishable.

In this sense, the egarense commented to the microphones of 'DAZN': "it Is that at the end they go me to sanction, analyse it you, do not want to generate more controversial, want to centre me in my team, think that are ours errors today in the defeat, without any excuse, but this played yes that marks the party". Besides, it added: "The fourth referee says me that it is penalti clear, that gives him in the elbow. To me it has not said me at all Munuera, has gone to the monitor and has said that no. I do not want to speak more but here are the images".

Xavi regretted the defensive errors in the final stretch

On the failures in defence that propiciaron the traced back of the Villarreal in the discount, the Barcelona trainer left clear that the team follows giving too many eases deep down. "Has little explanation, is a subject of confidence, are fitting more than the normal. Especially the third goal, is one against that it does not have to suceder. Afterwards you see to Cuenca as it stops to Lamine Yamal and this is what is missing us to us".

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Of equal way, argued: "it is missing Us maturity, have gone it showing this season and today is a reflection of what are this season, a fault of maturity to the hour to compete. The 3-3 had not occurred if you do a fault in the centre of the field although it was yellow", regretted Xavi. Nevertheless, the egarense took advantage of to assume the absolute responsibility of the bad moment of the team, going out to the step to the previous statements of a Frenkie of Jong that also threw of self-criticism by the defensive errors.

"I understand to Frenkie that do culprits they, but the responsible maximum am I and all are guilty and it is necessary to change the dynamic what before. It puts us the very difficult League and, regarding the party, think that have deserved the victory", sentenced Xavi the one who, to his time, rescued the reaction of the team in the complement that it allowed to trace back the 0-2 initial. "The second part has been very good until the 3-2, have not managed well the losses neither the tactical fault that required the 3-3 and the final result does not reflect the seen in the party, but are ours errors", puntualizó.