Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has defended the performance of goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen after Sunday evening's shock 4-3 loss to Celta Vigo, despite the German stopper being responsible for at least two of Celta's goals in the match.





Trying to play the ball out from the back, Ter Stegen instead fired the ball into the head of Pablo Hernandez and could only watch hopelessly as the ball ricocheted back into his own goal to gift Celta their fourth goal of the game. A wayward pass from the back had earlier led to the game's opener, leaving the 24-year-old open to criticism after the full time whistle blew.

​​However, Enrique told the Spanish media: "We didn't win a single individual contest, we didn't attack space, we didn't take up good positions and we didn't play with fluidity or movement. We started the second half playing with more precision and better anticipation. It's clear that the fourth goal killed us. But it didn't surprise me with how the game was as a whole."





He continued: "The Barcelona goalkeeper has to take risks. I'm not going to criticise individual errors. He has to play passes and when it goes wrong, we are not going to kill him. It is easy to criticise and say that maybe he shouldn't have taken the risk, but everything is easy in hindsight.

"The defeat is everything and I am the most responsible for it. We win together and we lose together, but I am responsible for the rotations and so I want to assume my responsibilities. The season has only just begun though - we must lift ourselves."

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