Ilkay Gundogan called out Barcelona teammates in brutally honest interview after El Clasico | OneFootball

• Gundogan criticised his Barcelona teammates for their lack of emotion and passion after their loss to Real Madrid, calling for a change in attitude.
• Xavi, the Barcelona manager, believes his team didn't deserve to lose and emphasizes the need to focus on the next game and improve where they fell short.
• Gundogan's comments highlight the contrasting mentalities between him, a successful player, and his Barcelona teammates, suggesting a need for a shift in mindset to win trophies.

"I have to be honest, not as much as I wish. Because I don’t want to say something wrong to be honest, but I was in the dressing and of course people are disappointed but especially after such a big game and such a result, I wish more frustration, more anger and more disappointment. "This is a little bit the problem. I don’t know, there has to be more emotion, especially when you lose and you know you can perform better and do better in certain situations and you just don’t react and this just transfers to the pitch at the end of the day. "We need to make a huge step in that otherwise Real Madrid or even Girona is going to run away. I didn’t come here to lose these types of games or to let that gap create. There’s also a responsibility from myself, from a more experienced player, to not allow the squad to just let things happen, we need resistance."

He said after the game: "It's a shame. It was an unlucky game for us, we didn't deserve to lose. We are frustrated and angry but we have to move on. We have moved forward with our game and we played well and we deserved more. But that is football: when you don't take your chances, that can hurt you. "We had 60 really good minutes, but after that we dipped, perhaps due to tiredness. What we planned came out well but the key to the game was in front of goal - if we had got the second then it would have been different. We have to just think about Real Sociedad now, recover and rest. We have to improve where we did not do well even though we did not deserve to lose and we had the game in our hands."

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