Firpo:"We have to create a thousand goals, and they have a clear goal"

They couldn’t. Eibar were good value for their point, drawing 1-1 against a Lionel Messi-less Barcelona, with the Argentine sitting in the stands due to a knee injury.

One of the brighter lights for Barcelona was Junior Firpo, only playing because of Jordi Alba‘s suspension. He was frustrated post-game in his comments, carried by Marca.

We’ve gone for the game.
"It’s a trend of the season – the games are difficult and uphill. But there’s a long season left and we’ll try to turn this around.

 "The spark of not playing that often is noticeable, but I always train to the maximum. When I get opportunities I try to take advantage of them.

"The hosts could have taken the lead inside the first ten minutes.

 Ronald Araujo was deemed to have been fouled in the box after a lengthly VAR review, with the referee awarding a penalty that Martin Braithwaite went on to miss, pulling wide left.
Shortly before the hour mark, Eibar struck first blood.