Frenkie de Jong believes that the Catalan club certainly needs to improve a lot but the current situation is ‘exaggerated’.
Barcelona’s poor start to the season continues as Atletico Madrid beat them 2-0 in the La Liga fixture at Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday.
Atletico Madrid are fourth in the La Liga table with 13 points from seven games whereas Barcelona are seventh with 12 points from six games.
Barcelona have lost their opening two group stage matches in a UEFA Champions League edition, for the first time since the competition started.
Barcelona suffered their second consecutive 3-0 defeat in the Champions League group stage after being demolished by Benfica in Lisbon on Wednesday.
Ansu Fati scored on his return as Barcelona secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Levante at Camp Nou on Sunday.
The referees ran out of patience with the Barcelona manager's antics after Ronald Koeman protested a yellow card against Sergio Busquets late in the game.
Barcelona are usually known for their possession based football known as ‘tiki-taka’ but at Camp Nou they played more of a direct football with three big frontman.
Barcelona needed a late equalizer from make-shift forward Ronald Araujo at Camp Nou on Monday to earn a point against Granada.
Miralem Pjanic has joined Turkish side Besiktas on a one-year loan with no option to buy after hardly featuring for Barcelona in his first season at the club.