The defeat against Leganés has been particularly hard for FC Barcelona. The blaugranas were on a difficult streak of results in LaLiga and this Sunday, at home and against one of the seemingly weaker opponents in the championship, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to bounce back and assert their authority. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The azulgrana team was imprecise in front of the opposing goal, and their lack of decisiveness in their own area ultimately punished them when the match had barely begun. The solid defense of the pepineros frustrated the attempts of the culés to equalize the score and finally defeated them in Montjuïc, marking the second consecutive defeat for Barça in the magical mountain after losing to Las Palmas on matchday 15 (1-2).
Flick's Barça equals Xavi's
The Catalan team had not lost consecutively at home for nearly three years. At that time, the team led by Xavi Hernández was defeated by Cádiz (0-1) and Rayo Vallecano (0-1), setting a local precedent that has now been matched by Hansi Flick with his setbacks against Las Palmas and Leganés.
This streak of home defeats is also the third to occur across all competitions in the 21st century. Before Xavi and Flick, it was Radomir Antić who saw his team suffer a couple of blows against Deportivo La Coruña (2-4) and Juventus (1-2) in April 2003. Next Saturday, the German will have the opportunity to make a radical turnaround in the situation against Atlético de Madrid.