Barcelona suffered a 4-1 loss against Sevilla in their eighth La Liga match of the season on October 5 at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.
After conceding two goals within the first 37 minutes of the clash, Marcus Rashford opened the scoring for Barcelona from an assist by Pedri seven minutes into the first half stoppage time.
The Catalan side failed to find their equalizer, including Robert Lewandowski missing a penalty in the 76th minute. Sevilla then went past Barca's defense and scored two late goals in a span of six minutes.
With this defeat, Barcelona dropped down to second place in the top flight with 19 points in eight matches. The Blaugrana has now lost two consecutive matches across competitions.
Former Barcelona star Gerard Lopez has now criticized head coach Hansi Flick's tactics, referring to them as 'suicidal.'
What did the ex-Barcelona star say about Hansi Flick's tactics?
Lopez shared the opinion that after being in charge for more than a season, it is time for Flick to bring on some changes in his defensive strategies, and said,
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"It's clear that there's a drop in results at FC Barcelona... What I do see is that the defeat could lead to a rethinking of the defensive aspect. It's one thing to push forward and do it well, as he's done on many occasions, and another to be... suicidal," as per GOAL.
"Without putting the ball under pressure, teams have to constantly draw their line in the end... (Flick) has been here for a year now, a year and a half, and we have to be critical of this Barça in terms of the way they defend. There was no intensity in the pressing, nor was there the necessary timing to enable Sevilla players on many occasions."
Following the international break this week, Barcelona will return to La Liga action against Girona on October 18, with Flick hoping to close in on the two-point gap between them and table-toppers Real Madrid.
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