Barcelona Beaten By Las Palmas

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick says his team is not working well together. He thinks the connection between defense and attack is causing problems. On Saturday, Barça lost 2-1 to Las Palmas. This means Barcelona has not won in LaLiga for three games.

In the game, Sandro Ramirez and Fábio Silva scored for Las Palmas. Raphinha scored one goal for Barcelona, but it was not enough. The game was at the Olympic Stadium, where Barcelona was celebrating 125 years of the club. The loss ruined their special day.

Barcelona has not won a league game since November 3. If Real Madrid wins their next two games, they could pass Barça in the table.

"I believe in my players," said Flick. "We are a good team, but today we didn’t play well together. Everyone needs to help in defense and attack. If some players don’t do this, we have a problem. We need to talk about that."

Las Palmas scored their second goal because of bad defending. Flick said this is not just the defenders’ fault. "The mistakes started in the front. Everyone is part of the team, so we all need to defend better," he explained.

This loss is part of a bad run for Barcelona. Before this, they drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo after having a two-goal lead, and they lost to Real Sociedad. This bad form is hurting their season.

Flick is still hopeful. The team has three away games next: against Mallorca, Real Betis, and Borussia Dortmund. "The players know they are good," he said. "But we need to play as a team. Today, we had 70% of the ball and 27 shots, but we didn’t score enough. We need to do better in front of the goal."

Flick also said Dani Olmo did not play because he was injured, but he might return for the game against Mallorca on Tuesday. Marc Casadó will also be back after his suspension, and Lamine Yamal might start after recovering from an ankle injury.