Unai Emery lamented the role Sevilla played in an historic night for Lionel Messi as the Barcelona forward became La Liga’s record goal scorer.
Messi claimed a hat-trick in Barca’s 5-1 win and Emery has told reporters after the match that in the end, Los Rojiblancos were merely bystanders.
“We didn’t want to be the guests to his party, but we have been. Today’s result is humbling,” AS quotes Emery as saying.
“Sometimes we can’t control our positivity. Maybe this will come in handy to balance the mood. For my part, I try to maintain a balance. After this defeat I want to raise the spirits to play Feyenoord [on Thursday].
“We competed well defensively in the first 45 minutes but didn’t accompany that with the attacking side.
“We competed well regardless of the lack of a goal but in the second half we lost the freshness in defence.”
