Messi and Neymar have helped Barca to dominate but even the best get humiliated sometimes....
#5 Celta Vigo 4-1 Barcelona – 23rd September 2015
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Iago Aspas scored twice as Celta Vigo humiliated Barca in 2015
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This was Barca’s worst defeat in La Liga since 2008 – the pre-Guardiola days – as a full-strength team including Messi, Neymar, Suarez and Pique were thumped by a Celta Vigo side featuring the likes of Liverpool flop Iago Aspas – who scored twice – and former Stoke City striker John Guidetti, who added the fourth.
It was Luis Enrique’s heaviest defeat as Barca manager in La Liga, only Barca’s second league loss in 26 games, and it also ended a 100% run in the league to that point. While the win took Celta to the top of the league momentarily, it was still a humiliating defeat caused largely by Barca’s defence looking creaky and lethargic.
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Pique in particular – once recognised as one of the finest defenders on the planet – was especially sloppy, but the majority of Barca’s players seemed too slow in closing Celta’s attackers down, and their famed trio of strikers wasted key chances too.
Luis Enrique was quick to praise Celta for their performance and while Barca ended up with the last laugh – they went on to win La Liga – it was this type of humiliating defeat that made Enrique’s Barcelona seem much more vulnerable than the legendary side built by Guardiola.
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