Xavi Hernandez said Barcelona felt like they had been "ransacked in their own home" after the Camp Nou was loaded with Eintracht Frankfurt allies in their Europa League rout by the German side on Thursday.
In excess of 20 000 Frankfurt fans figured out how to get tickets for the subsequent leg, with an ocean of white shirts in the stands making an unfriendly climate for the Barca players.
Frankfurt started to lead the pack in the fourth moment en route to a 3-0 lead and keeping in mind that Barcelona pulled two goals back in injury-time they couldn't try not to lose 4-3 on total.
"It's anything but a reason yet the environment impacted us. We were not happy," expressed Xavi in a public interview on Sunday. "I had a terrible inclination from when we got on the transport at the inn and we didn't feel comfortable.
"Then we offered a penalty in the principal minute," Xavi added. "It was a horrible night in each sense, here and there the pitch. It began gravely and finished seriously. You feel burglarized in your own home."
Barcelona formally designated 5 000 passes to Frankfurt allies however in excess of 30 000 tickets were purchased through informal channels.
The club's leader Joan Laporta said he was "embarrassed" by the quantity of Frankfurt fans inside the ground and has demanded tickets will be non-adaptable in future.
One Barca fan bunch, La Grada d'Animacio, has said they will blacklist the group's La Liga game on Monday at home to Cadiz in fight.
"It was a misstep by the club, without a doubt," said Xavi. "Whenever the club figures out what caused what occurred on Thursday, they will clarify it for us."
The misfortune to Frankfurt was Barcelona's first under Xavi since December and came after a last-pant 3-2 triumph over striving Levante in La Liga.
Barca sit second in the table, 12 focuses behind Real Madrid with a game close by. They are just three focuses in front of Real Betis in fifth, in spite of the fact that Betis have played two games more.
"The level has dropped, that is clear," Xavi said.
Inquired as to whether his group can in any case challenge Madrid for the title, Xavi said: "In the event that we don't dominate the eight matches we have left, no. The main goal is to fit the bill for the Champions League next season. If after that we can challenge for La Liga, great."
Pedri will miss the game against Cadiz in the wake of harming his hamstring against Frankfurt.
"He was in his best type of the time, it's a mishap for himself and the group," Xavi said.
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