This season hasn’t began smoothly for Barcelona.
The Catalans are usually sitting pretty near the top of La Liga by this stage, but a culmination of things – which has included injuries to the likes of Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Ousmane Dembele – have left the Blaugrana eighth in the Spanish top-flight after five matches.
Last week, Barca were lucky not to fall to defeat against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, as Marco Reus missed a penalty for the Germans which saw the tie end goalless. Five days later and the club returned to league action against La Liga newcomers Granada, in a match that on paper you would have expected them to win quite comfortably.
Things went from bad to worse for the Spaniards, however, as Granada beat Ernesto Valverde’s men 2-0 at the Estadio de Los Cármenes. After the game, the only player who went over to apologise to the travelling Barcelona supporters was midfielder Frenkie de Jong – a small gesture that has clearly gone down extremely well with fans of the club on Twitter:
Poor guy… you have to love him
— Danny O’Farrell (@Danny_O_Farrell) September 21, 2019
— whiskey in the jar (@mikorzri) September 21, 2019
Wow man. I love him so much but this team man.
— Kev🛸 (@RvnsSeason) September 21, 2019
I feel REALLY bad for him, he doesnt deserve this
— Shawn pisame la cara. (@lostinshawnft) September 21, 2019
You have no reason not to love this man
— frenkie De Jong (@KelvinObed2) September 21, 2019
Class right there🤝
— Salmaan Khan (@SalmaanKhan003) September 21, 2019
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