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Getafe 0-2 Barcelona: 4 talking points | LaLiga 2019/2020

Modified Oct 01, 2019 04:35 GMT

#1 More away day blues for Antoine Griezmann

This season, Barcelona have struggled away from home, and Antoine Griezmann has typified their away-day misery.

The French international has three goals and two assists from seven LaLiga games so far, but rather jarringly, all of them have come in fixtures played at Camp Nou.

Griezmann gave an anonymous display in his Barcelona debut in a 1-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao, but he was the star of the show - scoring a brace and assisting one as Barcelona ran out 5-2 winners over Real Betis in their very next game.

Following his debut at San Mames, the 28-year-old has also been subpar in away games at El Sadar, Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes in the league, in addition to the Signal Iduna Park against Dortmund in the Champions League.

The game against Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez means that Griezmann has now played five matches away in all competitions for Barcelona without making a mark in any.

Though his form at the Camp Nou might be superb, it is way from home that Griezmann must start performing and given the intense nature of Barcelona's coming fixtures, it is imperative that he finds a cure to his away day anonymity.

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