Barcelona star Jules Koundé was resonsible for fluffing a gilt-edged goalscoring chance, late in the club’s meeting with Leganés.
Barcelona, of course, marked their return to action a short time ago.
Fresh off an impressive victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek, Hansi Flick’s troops welcomed the aforementioned Leganés to Catalunya’s capital, eyeing another victory, this time in La Liga.
When all was said and done, however, the Blaugrana failed to even secure for themselves a share of the spoils.
This came as a solitary strike on the part of Sergio González, netted inside the five-minute mark in proceedings, proved the game’s decisive moment.
Though some way short of their best this evening, Barcelona did manage to carve out a number of presentable goalscoring opportunities over the course of the 90 minutes.
One such chance came inside the closing quarter of an hour, upon Ferran Torres doing superbly to slip Jules Koundé in inside the visitors’ penalty area.
The latter, however, with the goal at his mercy, somehow managed to drag his ensuing effort wide, summing up an evening’s work to forget for Koundé and his teammates:
Conor Laird – GSFN