Ernesto Valverde has to take the blame for Levante debacle

Photo by Jeroen Meuwsen/Soccrates/Getty ImagesWhere do you even start after that?!

That has to be one of the most dismal, disjointed performances by Barca for a long time.

We’ve seen some pretty poor games before, but that was scraping the bottom of the barrel. And there’s only one person who the finger should be pointed at. Ernesto Valverde.

Yes, I’ve defended him before, and I believe rightly so. But there’s no escaping that he did absolutely nothing to affect that game, particularly when it was going away from the Blaugranes.

Levante were hard working, tenacious and physical, all traits Valverde would’ve expected before kick-off.

Furthermore, with much of their play coming down the right-hand…