Xavi reacts as Barcelona suffers another shocking defeat at home to Real Betis

Barcelona under the command of Xavi Hernandez has suffered another 1-0 defeat to Real Betis at home.

The loss however has inflicted further blow on their hopes of catching La Liga’s top four.

The defeat at Camp Nou also dims Barca’s hope of qualifying for the next season’s Champions League, four days before they attempt to avoid being booted out in the group stage of the current one.

The Spanish giant have to win at Bayern Munich on Wednesday to be sure of going through in the group stage of the coveted European tournament

Brilliant Betis in a counter-attack, finished by Juanmi in the 79th minute, consigned Barca to their fourth league defeat of the season and leaves them a daunting seven points behind the Champions League qualification places.

Barcelona stay seventh and will be 16 points behind leaders Real Madrid, if Madrid win at Real Sociedad later on Saturday.

Xavi had started with two wins out of two in La Liga but even he admitted the results owed a lot to good fortune, with Espaynol and then Villarreal guilty of squandering several chances.

Xavi reacting to the defeat said, “We have to dominate these games more and be more like the team we were in the second half. It is a shame not to take a single point, we deserved it.”

“We need to work hard to stop the negatives we experience, avoiding losses and making fouls.”

“When the team was at its best, the goal against us came. We had worked on the transitions. Today is too harsh of a punishment. We cannot concede the goal we did, we have to be smarter and stop the play.”

“This is Barça and here there are constantly finals. It worries me because we don’t like to lose. There are times when you win without deserving it and today it was the other way around.”

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