Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia was left baffled after seeing Girona’s late winner allowed to stand on Monday night.
Fran Beltran scored late on to make it 2-1 to the hosts, but there was a clear foul on Jules Kounde in the build-up to the goal.
Garcia says he’s watched it back and is convinced the goal should have been chalked off by VAR.
“I didn’t see Koundé’s play clearly live. Then I saw the replay and for me it was a foul. Jules got to the ball first. I think it was a foul. What’s surprising is that they didn’t call the VAR official,” he told the media.
“The referee can make mistakes. It’s surprising that they didn’t even call the official VAR official to review it on a screen. These things happen. We can’t control it, so we have to move on.”
Garcia also spoke about his team’s performance and says improvements are needed.
“I think we need to improve. We concede too much, too easily. We need to analyze. We have a week without a midweek match. That will give us time to analyze things properly and work on them. With a cool head, we’ll try to improve,” he added.
“It looks a bit better from behind. We press well from a standing position. When we lose, we need to cut off plays and commit fouls in the opponent’s half. They commit fouls against us.”
Barcelona return to action on Sunday afternoon against Levante in La Liga.