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Flick Explains FC Barcelona Slump And Reveals President Talks Pre-Mallorca

FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick gave explanations for his team's slump in form at a prematch press conference on Monday ahead of facing Mallorca, and also revealed that he has spoken with President Joan Laporta about the matter.

Barca went into November flying high, boasting a six point advantage over bitter rival Real Madrid that was much down to a 4-0 thrashing of Carlo Ancelotti's men at the Bernabeu in El Clasico.

What followed was a nightmare month for the Catalans, though, who lost games to Real Sociedad and Las Palmas with a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo where they blew a comfortable lead in the last six minutes wedged between.

Barca still tops the La Liga table, but Madrid can now achieve a two-point cushion at the summit if it wins its game in hand.

SPORT reported that Flick has identified how to turn things round with Mallorca on the horizon, and he gave some of the reasons for the unexpected slump before the media at the turn of the week.

"There are many things I could talk about [that happened] against Las Palmas, but I don't want to because it would seem that I make excuses and I don't like it," Flick stressed.

"Before, the team could have won the game and now we are feeling this pressure not to win. Concentration is essential, you need to take advantage of opportunities. The team, as I said before, tried to play. We had more than 70% possession and that's how we want to play, but what counts in football are the goals and we haven't scored much lately," he added.

On what most urgently needs to be rectified, the German said: "There is always a reason why they score goals and it has to do with the opponent pressing the right time and finding the moment."

"We have to find that pressure. When we defend as a unit we play much better. And in some situations they scored goals very well done, why? Because we lower the pressure and leave too many spaces."

Flick revealed that President Joan Laporta has come and spoken to him amid celebrations of the club's 125th anniversary and the dropping of points.

"We didn't do so well and we didn't give that gift to the fans. Today we have talked about the struggle. Not only to play soccer but to fight. I value the players a lot in this regard. I don't like to lose and I think we have to encourage this attitude of struggle more. There is room for improvement in this," Flick stated.

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