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

He felt Barça created enough chances to win the game at the Olympic Stadium

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

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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.".