Barcelona suffered its first loss in the Xavi era last night (Saturday), when they hosted Real Betis at the Camp Nou.
Following the 1-0, Barça continues to see the top of the league run away from it, with Real Madrid with 39 points compared to the Catalans' 23rd.
"I think we absorbed the goal precisely when we were at our best," Xavi said after the game, "We have to stop these counter-attacks. These are the moments where we need to be more tactical. We knew about Betis' passing attacks. We had a good 20-25 minutes. "It's very, very unfortunate, it's too big a penalty for how we played. It's a painful loss, especially at home, but it's football. Just as we struggled against Villarreal and won, today was the opposite."
The coach added: "We have to be more 'Barcelona' in the second half and stop these counter-attacks. We did not deserve to lose. I do not like to lose and we did not deserve, so of course I am worried. We have to keep adjusting things, keep working. We can not "Allow such a goal. We will be together for a short time, but it is a great pity that we did not even go out with a point today."
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