Was complacency to blame for Barcelona’s below-par showing?

Photo by Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesLet’s be perfectly honest... no one gave Galatasaray anything more than a puncher’s chance against Barca, and yet they almost struck the Buster Douglas type blow.

The visitors to the Camp Nou were well worth their draw but that says more about the hosts than it does the Turkish giants.

On the night, arguably, the complacency that looked to have crept into Barca’s play early in the game has to have played a big part in why they weren’t able to kill off the opposition.

Not starting with the likes of Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets suggests that Xavi believed his squad had more than enough about them to despatch Gala with ease.

And therein…