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Barcelona can’t cope with the intensity of top football, says Thomas Muller

Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller offered his thoughts on Barcelona after helping dump the Catalans out of the Champions League on Wednesday.

Muller opened the scoring at the Allianz Arena in the first half before goals from Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala made it another tough night for Barca in Europe.

The Germany international spoke to reporters after the game and explained why he thinks Barca have slipped so far behind Europe’s top clubs.

”I think Barça can’t cope with the intensity,” he said.

“Technically, they have it all, they are great players tactically and technically.