Normal to be angry after performance like that, admits Marc Andre Ter Stegen
Marc Andre Ter Stegen has admitted that Barcelona did not play well against Slavia Prague despite walking away with a win. The Catalan giants took an early lead via Lionel Messi but struggled to assert their dominance away from home and nearly paid the price for their problems across the field.
While Barcelona may be unbeaten in the Champions league with seven points to their name, all three games have seen the La Liga giants barely walk out with a win. Game one against Borussia Dortmund should have seen Barcelona on the losing side but the German giants couldn’t make their home advantage pay and ended up missing big chances. Game two against Inter Milan wasn’t too much better and while they did beat the Nerazzurri 2-1, Antonio Conte and his Serie A side gave them problems.
It took individual brilliance for the Catalan giants to eventually walk away with a win with Luis Suarez scoring two brilliant goals to help his side get the win and all three points. However, one man who can say he walked away unscathed from both games and maybe even with his reputation enhanced is Marc Andre Ter Stegen. Not only that, the German international has been their best player so far this season with no-one coming close.
The third game against Slavia Prague was even worse with the German possibly truly establishing himself as arguably one of the best in the world. But despite all the plaudits he got, Ter Stegen went on to admit that Barcelona did not play at the level they wanted to or needed to. He also added that while the club got all three points, they need to have a meeting regarding their performances.
"It is normal to be angry. We didn't play at the level we wanted to. At least we've got the three points, which is the most important thing. We need to speak about things. We have to do that among ourselves, I'm not going to say (about what) here, it's internal. There's a lot to improve. I would like to speak first with the players that have been on the pitch,” said the German to ESPN.