Edi Tubau, the Spanish international grass hockey player and Barcelona fan, has managed to cause a stir amongst the Barça ranks after his live tweets during his team's overwhelming defeat.

Tubau launched a tirade at Cesc Fàbregas on Twitter, accusing him of not working his socks off for his team. "Cesc, I'll only ask one thing of you, to run your arse of in the second half. I ask you as a Barça fan," he wrote first, in a message in Catalan directly addressed to the player's account, @cesc4official.

He was even more critical later on. "Seriously, it's the 65th minute and you're still not running? You're not proud of the shirt. You should be ashamed of coming to Barça with that attitude," he said. "We need to make signings, and good ones - not just for the media, but for our actual needs. And we need to be brave and sell the ones who think they don't have to work hard here," he assured.

"Everyone criticises Alexis, but at least he pours his heart out in every game. Others don't even break a sweat… right, Cesc?! That was quite a swindle you managed to end up here," he said. "We need to sign a winger who can break, a centre forward and a good German style centre back, who's big and imposing. And the stars, or those who think they are, can go."

He also asked the press to get on the case of "the freeloaders who were on the pitch".