The reason Barcelona lost in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the second straight season has been disclosed by manager Xavi Hernandez.
The LaLiga heavyweights will have another chance to play in the Europa League thanks to Inter's 4-0 victory over Viktoria Plzen at home. Last season, they were eliminated from the competition.
After the 3-0 loss to Bayern, when asked about his team's elimination from the competition, Xavi said that the group was difficult.
“We have to face the reality. I already said that we have to grow little by little and today there were good things.
“Today we did not compete on their level. In Munich, we were better, but today we didn’t compete.
“Today Bayern was better. Just as we were better in Munich and we should have won, today they were better. The group was very complicated and everything happened to us in the Champions League,” Xavi said.