I think we started well, with the right approach. But Madrid were just better. Early goals made it necessary to change the approach, tactics, personnel and get desperate.
Most dissapointing was that the midfield lost their fight and didn't work for eachother. There were specific moments where they just did not move. Griezmann had the ball in the right back position and no one come short to him. Pedri, Busquets, Araujo all just standing still over 20 metres away. We were lucky Griezmann solved it on his own.
Then another standout moment, Pedri loses the ball dangerously, Madrid counter and Pedri does not even run back to defend a ball he lost. He did not even jog back, he did not even walk. He stood still for the whole attack.
You can not win when your mentality not there.
Too many individual poor performances. When Messi is off he is an incredible liability, and selfish in his play. Avoiding better positioned options for those he trusts more. Frustrating.
Only thing out of this game is that I want more of Ilaix. He gave away one dangerous ball, but he had fight and he got himself 3 scoring chances. Things to work on and see more of now that LaLiga is a step harder/lost.