Luis Suarez insists Barcelona can have no time to dwell on their 3-1 defeat to Manchester City as up next is “a very important game” against Sevilla.
Speaking after Barca’s first Champions League loss of the season, Suarez felt his side should have been more clinical in the first half but could have no complaints about City’s dominance after the break, prompting the need for “criticism of ourselves”.
“In the first half, we could’ve scored more goals, but we’re aware that opponents also played [football],” admitted the forward.
“Nonetheless, I believe we must be critical of ourselves for how we played in the second half.
“In the second half, they changed their pattern of play a bit and the manner in which they pressed us.
“That might have surprised us, but at least we can have the peace of mind that we played them as equals.
“We must draw conclusions from the good and bad things. After they went 2-1 up, we had a very good chance to make it 2-2, but 3-1 made things very difficult for us.
“They had to play for their fans and needed the win, but that was from the first minute and we started the game very well.
“The result mustn’t affect us at all. Players are here to perform in every game, more so at a club like Barca.
“We lost, but now we’ll forget about it and think about Sevilla, which is a very important game.”
