The Polish star, Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona's top scorer, ended his team's match against Manchester United at Old Trafford, clearly upset, not only because of the exclusion from the European League, but for another reason.
There was a chance to equalize in the final minutes, but once again one of his teammates snatched the goal from his hands.
In the last minute of stoppage time, Spain's Ferran Torres crossed a cross into the area, but Ansu Fati preceded the Polish international on the ball when the latter was in an ideal position for a header that would have given Barca the deadly equalizer.
Worst of all, this is not the first time that this has happened. In the 10th stage of La Liga at the beginning of this month, Fati unintentionally prevented Lewandowski from scoring a goal in the match against his host Real Betis, although this event ended without Nobody notices him because the Blaugrana won the three points, 2-1.
Inside the dressing room, Lewandowski reproached Fati for the header he took to prevent Lewa from finishing from a better position.
In a positive way, Lewandowski told Fati that he had a chance to tie the game and asked him to be more focused on such plays.
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But in yesterday's match against Man United, the moment was decisive, and that is why Leva appeared - after the end of the match - very angry.
So he first went to passer-by Ferran Torres to explain with visible gestures that he was in a decisive position to score the equaliser, going at least to the extension.
He also went to Jordi Alba, one of the team leaders, to express his anger and confusion at this new work from the young Spaniard.
However, the Spanish newspaper “AS” revealed that Lewandowski scolded Fati in the dressing room, but politely and without sharpness, explaining to him that this was the second time he prevented him from scoring an easy goal inside the penalty area, and urged him to be more attentive in this type of move. He curbed his desire to score at all costs, because he might harm the team, as happened in yesterday's match.
In turn, Fati apologized to his Polish colleague, stressing that he had not seen him and believed that he was in a better position to score the net of Spain's De Gea, the "Maneo" goalkeeper, despite his admission that his shot was not as accurate as he wanted.
The "Maneo" qualified for the European League final eight by defeating Barca 4-3 on the aggregate of the first and second matches.