Barcelona returned to La Liga action with a frustrating 1-1 draw away at Rayo Vallecano.
La Blaugrana missed the chance to increase the pressure on their title rivals with a win in Vallecas as they make the trip back to Catalonia with a single point.
After falling behind to Unai Lopez’s superb long range first half goal, Barcelona were up against it after the restart, before Florian Lejeune’s own goal eventually saved a draw for Xavi’s side.
Xavi labelled his team’s performance as a ‘game of two halves’ in his post match press conference but the former Spanish international was irritated by the absence of a win.
Barcelona had a case for two penalties inside 90 minutes, with Raphinha apparently fouled inside the box, and Robert Lewandowski thrown to the floor by Lejeune.
Should this have been a Barça penalty?
Raphinha had his leg kicked in the box but nothing was given ❌ pic.twitter.com/o33JWfCmVB
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) November 25, 2023
PENALTI A RAPHINHA NO SEÑALADO‼️pic.twitter.com/L540lui2EV
— Zona Blaugrana (@ZB_Media_01) November 25, 2023
PENALTI A LEWANDOWSKI NO SEÑALADO‼️pic.twitter.com/uvgdA0XOWx
— Zona Blaugrana (@ZB_Media_01) November 25, 2023
Neither incident was flagged up as a penalty offence by the officials and Barcelona’s penalty tally remains at two received and scored so far with Lewandowski converting both.
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enough with the referee excuses already boring ,heres a thought how about use actually do your own job properly which by the way use all get handsomely payed for,then use wont have to rely or depend on decisions or should i say excuses outside of your control imagine that lmao.