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Marc-Andre ter Stegen: Barcelona’s defeats to Liverpool & Roma were psychological, not tactical

Marc-Andre ter Stegen has given an interview to German magazine 11Freunde where he’s spoken about Barcelona’s Champions League defeats to Roma and Liverpool.

In both matches Barcelona threw away three-goal leads, and Ter Stegen reckons the losses were down to psychological rather than tactical issues.

“Those defeats can’t be put down to tactical questions,” he said. “You have to look deeply at the psychological issues around the losses.

“In the moment, we were all angry because there was no explanation. You ask yourself: how can I respond to my parents or my wife when, despite winning the first leg 3-0, we haven’t made it through?