Following Sunday’s El Clásico defeat, Hansi Flick and Pau Cubarsí admitted Barcelona are suffering from fatigue, which has compromised their ability to deliver strong performances in recent games—not exactly promising comments less than 15 games into the season.
Barcelona produced their worst performance of the term and deservedly fell to a superior Real Madrid 2–1, ending their perfect start to the La Liga season with their first domestic home defeat since returning to Camp Nou.