#4 Dropped points at crucial moments
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The La Liga table will show that Barcelona lost just one more game than their eternal rivals across the campaign but that doesn’t tell the whole story.
When there were chances for the Catalans to put pressure on Real Madrid, they failed to do so on more than one occasion. The match that particularly stands out is the one against Deportivo la Coruna.
Barca travelled to the Riazor knowing that a win would keep them firmly in the hunt, but a spectacularly bad performance meant that Luis Enrique’s side left with their tails between their legs.
Aside from the first couple of weeks of the season, and then at the end – though Real had a game in hand by that stage – Barcelona were never above Real in the table, making life so much easier for Los Blancos.
