Craig Burley

Don't kid yourself.

This game was not about the red card.

This was about Chelsea being the better side and all the problems that Barca have had this season, defensively in particular, coming home to roost.

Impetus going forward.

If they lose that ability to be as dynamic as they were last year, and I know Rafinha's been out, I know he came back, got some game time, I know he's been a big miss, and Pedri, as Robbo mentioned, obviously Pedri and De Jong have been at a great axis in their controlling games, but if they lose that ability as one of the most exciting players

decisive opponents going forward with all the goal threat, if they somehow even lose 20 or 30% of that, they're not going to succeed.

Because that's what's been holding them up.

That's the ballast that they've had for some of the poor defending, was the fact that they've been able to just go and outscore teams.

But if they lose that, allied to the problems they've got elsewhere, then they've got problems now.

They're going to get out of this.

dirty 16 group thing they're going to get out of that that shouldn't be an issue for them but what could be an issue and they're not the only ones because Real Madrid are very much in this pot going forward if we're looking at La Liga

The issue for them is where can they put a consistent run of results together like they were able to do last year?

Not on what we've seen this season.

I think it's very... And Hansi Flick, after the international break, said, don't worry, everybody, if we play how we played against Celta de Vigo in Vigo, we'll be OK.

Is he bonkers?

Because I watched that game and he did that game and they were terrible for 45 minutes.

I mean, it was embarrassing.

So, you know, they can paper over it all they want.

So they surprised me and they didn't surprise me, Barcelona.

I mean, they surprised me because, as Robbo said,