Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman cursed his side’s profligacy after they drew 1-1 at Alaves on Saturday, dropping points for the fourth game in a row in La Liga. The surprise draw against Alaves came after Barca lost 1-3 at home to Real Madrid and were beaten 0-1 at Getafe.
Barca fired 25 shots at goal but only managed to beat Alaves’ brilliant goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco once, when Antoine Griezmann netted early in the second half almost immediately after Jota had been sent off for the hosts.
Barca went behind before the interval when Luis Rioja pounced on a disastrous error from keeper Neto following a mix-up with defender Gerard Pique.
“I’m worried about our performance in attack. We don’t have a problem with our attitude or concentration, we just need to be more efficient in front of goal,” Koeman told reporters.
“In the last 10 minutes we played as we needed to play. If you criticise me for how I appear on the touchline, then we might as well give up.”
In Pamplona, Atletico Madrid’s Joao Felix scored two goals as his side beat Osasuna 3-1.