FC Barcelona had a 'black' night at the Reale Arena. The Catalans were beaten by Real Sociedad (1-0), with controversy included over the unusual goal disallowed by Robert Lewandowski, and suffered their second league defeat of the season, both away from home.
The first of these took place on September 29, when Osasuna took advantage of being at home to defeat Hansi Flick's team with a resounding 4-2. Since then, the Blaugranas had four consecutive victories in the championship against Alavés (0-3), Sevilla (5-1), Real Madrid (0-4) and Espanyol (3-1), but the streak came to an end this Sunday against Imanol Alguacil's team.
The defeat at Anoeta was the third of the season in all competitions, as, in addition to being beaten by the Rojillos, the Catalans were also unable to add the three points in their European debut against AS Monaco. Away from home, in the Principality, the French surprised the Catalans by beating the Catalans 2-1, although they have managed to recover with victories over Young Boys (5-0), Bayern Munich (4-1) and Red Star (2-5).
First match without scoring this season
In addition, Barça finished a match without celebrating a goal for the first time this season. Since the narrow victory against Valencia in the first match of LaLiga (1-2), the team has a total of 40 goals in favor in 13 matches of the tournament. In addition, in the Champions League, the Catalans have maintained the scoring average, with 15 goals scored in their first 4 matches.
The devastating Barça attack averages 3 goals per game, with 6 wins (in 5, the team scored 4 or more goals) in La Liga, while, in Europe, the three victories obtained so far have been crushing (5-0 against Young Boys, 4-1 against Bayern Munich and 2-5 against Red Star). However, the Catalans could not knock down Real Sociedad's door and put an end to this brutal streak.