Lionel Messi has said Barcelona’s biggest mistake was failing to compete with Liverpool during the 0-4 defeat at Anfield which sent them crashing out of the UEFA Champions League.
“It was as painful as losing the 2014 World Cup final to Argentina,’’ he said
“The first half wasn’t all that bad, but in the second half we didn’t even compete with them.
“There was only one team on the pitch and that was the biggest mistake we could have made,” Messi said ahead of Saturday’s Copa del Rey final against Valencia.
It was his first conference news in over four years and his first media appearance since the 4-3 semi-final aggregate defeat.
The usually sealed-lipped Argentina international did not hold back in his criticism of Barcelona’s display at Anfield.
“The worst thing we could do, and what we cannot forgive ourselves for, is the fact that we did not compete. We let them walk all over us.”(Reuters/NAN)
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