Espanyol boss Manolo González was not a happy man after seeing [his team beaten 2-0 by Barcelona on Thursday night](https://www.barcablaugranes.com/barcelona-la-liga/2025/5/15/24428461/espanyol-barcelona-la-liga-final-score-match-report-recap-reactions).
González was particularly critical of Lamine Yamal after seeing the teenager score a brilliant goal and then get Leandro Cabrera sent off.
Cabrera was shown a straight red card for hitting out at Yamal, but the Espanyol boss thinks the teenager made a meal of the incident.
> “We’re ruining football. Cabrera’s move isn’t strong enough to cause injury or damage,” he told the media.
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> “It wasn’t an assault, a blow to the face, or a hard tackle. I told Lamine to stop diving. It wasn’t necessary to dive in that action.”
Gonzalez also whined about the result and felt his team deserved more out of the game.
> “The result wasn’t fair. We knew what kind of match we were going to face,” he added.
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> “We had very, very clear chances to score. It’s a shame because it’s a match where at least a draw was expected. If we had taken the lead in the first half, it could have been a different story.”
Espanyol’s defeat leaves the team five points above the final relegation spot with just two games of the season left to play.