PRESSURE has piled up on Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman after the club made their worst-ever start to a Champions League campaign with a 3-0 defeat at Benfica.
Barcelona were behind after just three minutes in Portugal, when Darwin Nunez scored at the near post.
He then added a penalty with 11 minutes to play, after Rafa Silva’s second-half strike, to match the scoreline by which Barca lost to Bayern Munich in their opening Group E fixture.
To compound Barcelona’s night to forget, Eric Garcia was sent off late on.
The Catalans are already five points behind La Liga leaders Real Madrid domestically and now face an uphill struggle. If they do not qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, it will be for the first time since 2003/04.
Speaking after the match, Koeman said the players were still behind him but added that he did not know if
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