If anyone was expecting a reaction to Barca going out of the Europa League last week, they didn’t get it at Camp Nou where the real news was the protest from the club’s most vocal sets of fans.
No supporters in the lower tier behind the north goal certainly gave the acoustics a lopsided tone.
In any event, Xavi’s starting XI did nothing to unsettle their relegation-threatened opponents in this one. Indeed, it was the visitors who had the best chance in the first half. How Lucas Perez missed the target only he knows.
It was a flat performance from a home side that look like they’re running out of steam with the finishing post in sight.