As I said in the chat, we didn`t have anyone on the wings trying to do something. Our wingers were basically Alba and Gomes so 1vs1 play on the wings was non-existent, they were just trying to pass the ball into the middle, which was congested. A pretty stupid idea by Valverde to cripple our other wing, when we already have the left wing crippled with only Alba there. When Deulofeu came on, he actually ran at the defenders with the ball, so they had to give him more attention and leave more space in the central part, resulting in us playing much better.
Valverde, enough with your fucking 442.
Gomes was pretty solid, IMO.
I think he's playing a 442 to get Iniesta into the team. Iniesta can't defend and can't play on the wing so Barca are left having to play this lopsided formation. Even when Dembele is back I suspect he will still play a 442 in the big games.