Spanish press blasts Barcelona

While many fans and reporters in Ireland and Scotland hailed a brave and disciplined performance by Celtic on Tuesday night at the Camp Nou, lamenting their bad luck at losing to Jordi Alba’s 94th minute winner, most observers in Spain saw a different game.

Although Barcelona won 2-1 to continue their 100% Champions League record this season, local match reports criticised Tito Vilanova’s side for conceding another sloppy goal at the back and lacking the spark up front to swat away a limited Celtic side.

“Guardiola’s Barcelona rarely played as badly,” wrote Juanma Rubio of AS. “Celtic survived for most of the game without doing much of note.”