After winning 11 of their previous 12 games in the top division, Barcelona has now lost three league games. “We had a bad game, we have to look at what we’re doing badly to try and improve and win games,” Raphinha stated to Movistar.
As they did at the beginning of their history, Barcelona celebrated their anniversary by wearing white shorts.
To commemorate the event, they hosted a banquet in the city on Friday night.
“We have to (play) like we did at the beginning of the season… it’s a big disappointment today,” Flick told the media.
We’re unable to score goals despite having over 70% of the ball today; perhaps we need to make one or two adjustments.
“We made some mistakes, but it was not the back four, it starts (with the players) in front, we have to speak about that.”
Recuperating from an ankle injury, the Catalans were able to add teenage sensation Lamine Yamal to the bench.
After being passed through by Gavi, Raphinha scored from an offside position and struck the crossbar, coming closest to ending the first half’s standoff.
After an evenly matched first half, Flick substituted Yamal at halftime in the hopes that the winger would give Barca the lead.
Early in the second half, Kirian Rodriguez put in Ramirez, who hammered home from the edge of the box to give Las Palmas an unexpected lead.
Barcelona swiftly responded with a thunderous long-range effort from Raphinha, but Las Palmas soon took the lead once more.
Silva’s sixth goal in eight league games gave the Canary Islanders the lead again when he sprinted onto Munoz’s probing long ball and shot past Inaki Pena.
Las Palmas survived eight minutes of stoppage time thanks to a number of excellent saves from former Barcelona goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen.
“It was a very important win, we worked hard for it, Barca put you under a lot of pressure,” midfielder Moleiro told Movistar following Las Palmas’ first victory away from home against Barcelona since 1971.
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