Barça coach Xavi says Clásico defeat to Real Madrid was "undeserved"

FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was disappointed by Clásico loss against Real Madrid (1-2) with Los Blancos coming from behind.

Xavi first spoke to the media on the pitch. To the microphones of 'Dazn' he explained: "I think we dominated the first 60 minutes, but when you don't make it 2-0, football has these things. We need five or six (chances) to score a goal and they (Madrid) need two or three to score two goals."

Xavi was blunt in his analysis: "I think that even the draw was not enough for us, while that they were even happy with a draw, but that unfortunate cross came in. A very bad result but with a good performance."

He acknowledged that Bellingham made the difference. "I think he's a great player and on top of that he's in great form, because today he scored the goal after a rebound."

In the first half, Bellingham was missing because of Gavi's great marking: "(Gavi) is the soul of the team. He did very well today, playing at the base, as a pivot. He was very good. Defensively, his role was to win balls back and be aggressive."

The Barça coach said that "we played the game very well with the three-man back line and creating situations of superiority, but it's true that in the last few minutes, they made us suffer, but I sincerely believe that we were superior, but Madrid, if you let them off, have these things."

On the possible penalties in both areas, he didn't comment: "I haven't seen it. In the dressing room they talk about a possible penalty, but today we didn't lose because of the referee but because we didn't take our chances and we ended up with an undeserved defeat.".