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Neymar had a good first half but he was not in the game in the second half, when they started to compete. It was a sensible decision to put on an extra body in midfield and we were seeing the game out pretty comfortably until Pique rather lazily gave the ball away. And it is not Enrique's fault...

He runs offside more than David Villa.

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Terrible half of football no pressing the ball, instead just sitting of them and also we have not retained possession at all well as shown by the possession stats. Get Neymar off for Pedro and bring Adriano on for Alves (who is again showing why he does not deserve a new contract).

And there could have been a couple more. Need to get him off at half time as he is a liability.

That why he was out of position so often in the second half when they were the side that needed to chase the game, luckily their final ball was poor. Alves simply does not have the pace to get forward and then get back to defend like he use to do and like Alba does.

That was perhaps our worst performance since Sociedad (Malaga aside) we gave the ball away far too often Neymar and Suarez looked of the pace, Messi eased up in the second half. And yet we still could have easily won by six, hopefully we are saving those goals though for Sunday.

Worst player again tonight caught out of position far too often, no way would I give him a new deal. Very pleased he is suspended for next CL again as Adriano is a far more solid and reliable player.

I would not have started him but Lucho got it spot on as he put in a very good performance. Hopefully he can keep that standard up for the rest of the season.

That penalty save should give him a lot of confidence and make him really feel a part of the team now. Apart when Aguero tackled him he had a very good game, his handling was excellent.

http://foundation.fcbarcelona.com/detail/article/agreement-with-cruyff-foundation-and-obra-social-la-caixa-as-part-of-pati-14project Great to see that he is back working and associating with the club again.

Really don't know what has happened to him he just looks completely shot of confidence. He should really be playing the best football of his career at the age of 27, but instead he looks a shadow of the player that was scoring in a Champions League Final just 4 years ago.

Alves is well past his best now, he gets caught out of position far to often whereas a few years ago he had the pace to get back into position but now he does not. Montoya is 23 so now is the time he should be stepping up and showing his ability. And I personally prefer Adriano at full back than...

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Aguero was clearly not close to being fully fit and the world cup. As for Suarez he looks a shadow of the player he was at Liverpool last season, he looks slow, off the pace and a bit overweight.