Barcelona received away with a significantly below-par show throughout their 1-0 victory over Manchester United, in accordance with former Pink Devils coach Rene Meulensteen.
The Catalans barely received out of first gear at Outdated Trafford, however they nonetheless took an enormous benefit again to Spain courtesy of Luke Shaw’s first-half own-goal.
Whereas United loved vivid spells, they had been uninspiring in assault and didn’t register a single shot on target.
And with Lionel Messi and co. surprisingly off-colour, ex-United first workforce coach Meulensteen believes the Pink Devils let their opponents off the hook.
“Barcelona have come away with a 1-Zero win after enjoying one among their poorest video games of the season,” he informed talkSPORT. “They are going to be delighted.”
Nevertheless, he insists there is no such thing as a disgrace in dropping to the LaLiga champions.
“It’s a mirrored image of the followers and society; when it’s not so good, every little thing is doom and gloom,” he added.
“Who would you’re taking from United’s workforce to place in Barcelona’s workforce? Perhaps David De Gea, nobody else. That’s a very good reference level and a very good comparability between United and people groups.”
The Dutchman, who helped Sir Alex Ferguson safe the Champions League in 2008, can’t see United getting the end result they want on the Nou Camp – as a result of Barcelona can have learnt their classes.
He continued: “The pitch is huge and they’re going to use it. They are going to drag gamers left, proper and centre. There might be gaps and Barcelona will discover them.
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“Staying within the sport is significant.
I believe Ole will go for a similar method he did at Paris Saint-Germain, [which is to] keep within the sport with 20 minutes to go. Or, can they nick one on the break?
“However taking a look at what occurred to Barcelona in Rome final yr, they received caught chilly. And looking out on the classes from PSG – I can’t see them slipping up.”
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