Though it’s true that the way in which Manuel Pellegrini’s sides play against Barcelona always offers the Catalans the opportunity to get at them, the Verdiblancos nevertheless remain a dangerous opponent.
The visitors showed on more than one occasion during Saturday night’s fixture that with better quality finishing, they might well have left Catalonia with at least a point.
As it turned out, they returned to Andalusia after being well beaten, and that was due in no small part to a masterful performance from Joao Felix.
Clearly there’s a lot of pressure on the player’s shoulders, after the Portuguese came out in the summer and admitted that joining Barca was his dream.