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title: "Barcelona: Fans respond to Frenkie de Jong’s apology after defeat to Granada"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/barcelona-fans-respond-to-frenkie-de-jongs-apology-after-defeat-to-granada/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Callum Pragnell"
section: "La Liga News"
published: "2019-09-23T21:25:58Z"
modified: "2019-09-23T21:25:58Z"
---

# Barcelona: Fans respond to Frenkie de Jong’s apology after defeat to Granada

**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](https://www.google.com/search?q=la+liga+table&oq=la+liga+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0j69i59j69i60l3.1797j1j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sie=lg;/g/11ff1xzn64;2;/m/09gqx;st;fp;1;;) 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](https://www.dw.com/en/champions-league-reus-penalty-miss-costs-dominant-dortmund-win-against-barcelona/a-50458072) 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](https://twitter.com/Danny_O_Farrell/status/1175522417927700481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> [pic.twitter.com/145YErsd35](https://t.co/145YErsd35)
>
> — whiskey in the jar (@mikorzri) [September 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/mikorzri/status/1175525465999560704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Wow man. I love him so much but this team man.
>
> — Kev🛸 (@RvnsSeason) [September 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/RvnsSeason/status/1175522215829413888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> I feel REALLY bad for him, he doesnt deserve this
>
> — Shawn pisame la cara. (@lostinshawnft) [September 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/lostinshawnft/status/1175522514321268736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> You have no reason not to love this man
>
> — frenkie De Jong (@KelvinObed2) [September 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/KelvinObed2/status/1175528006644838400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Class right there🤝
>
> — Salmaan Khan (@SalmaanKhan003) [September 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/SalmaanKhan003/status/1175535089083703298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Barcelona fans, what is happening to your club at the moment?! Join the discussion below…***