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Busquets hits out at Barcelona's Segura over Pique blame

The defender came in for criticism after putting past his own keeper in a painful defeat at Camp Nou on Sunday

Sergio Busquets has hit out at Barcelona general manager Pep Segura for blaming Gerard Pique's own goal as the key factor behind their Supercopa de Espana loss to Real Madrid.

Pique's unfortunate mistake handed Madrid the lead in the first leg at Camp Nou on Sunday before further goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Marco Asensio secured a commanding 3-1 advantage, after Lionel Messi's penalty had levelled the scores.

Segura stated afterwards that the error by the centre-back "changed the game completely" but Busquets has defended his team-mate and insisted it was wrong for a club official to criticise a player in public.