Xavi "Angry" As Barcelona Look Destined For Another Champions League Failure

Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez was "angry" and "self-critical" after watching his side stumble to the verge of another Champions League failure.

Barca needed to beat Inter Milan at the Camp Nou on Wednesday to keep their Group C destiny in their own hands.

Ousmane Dembele fired Barca ahead on 40 minutes but Inter turned the game around in the second half and twice led before two Robert Lewandowski equalizers saw the game end 3-3.

The result left Barca with four points from four games. Xavi's side will be eliminated on October 26 if Inter beat Viktoria Plzen at home.

Barca failed to progress from the Champions League group stage last season when they finished third behind Bayern Munich and Benfica.

Xavi was only in charge of Barca's final two group games last season, after replacing Ronald Koeman in November 2021, so he was perhaps not entirely to blame for that poor campaign.

But he is refusing to blame anyone except himself and his players for Barca's latest European flop.

Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez pictured looking frustrated during his side's 3-3 draw with Inter Milan

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"If you don't beat Inter at home, you don't deserve to stay in this competition," fumed Xavi, as quoted by GOAL.

"Last season we didn't have enough to compete, but this season we did. This time it was our mistakes."

Xavi added: "I'm very disappointed, sad, frustrated... I'm angry. I have to be self-critical, we don't deserve to play in the Champions League. It hurts me, but it's the truth."