Luis Suarez pointed critics towards the La Liga table as his team again failed to impress this weekend - but he thinks he knows why Barcelona have gone off the boil.
"The important thing is that we have a good advantage, that we are still leaders and we did not lose.
It came days after Barca wasted home advantage in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg against bitter rivals Real Madrid .
It's three tame draws in a row for the leaders after firing blanks against Athletic Bilbao.
The timid 0-0 draw was their third unconvincing display in a row but speaking to Movistar Partizado , Suarez appeared to be unmoved by their sluggish recent displays.
“But then that left us exposed to counter-attacks and they created problems.”
It could have been a whole lot worse for them on Sunday as they were indebted to goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen for a string of fine saves.
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