Barcelona's Anthony Gordon criticised by Spanish media for "disorientated" performance vs. PSG

By Matt Law | 21 Oct 2026 11:35, Last updated: 21 Oct 2026 11:38

Anthony Gordon was incapable to animate Barcelona to a triumph successful Tuesday's Champions League contention with European champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Hansi Flick's broadside entered the lucifer disconnected the backmost of an 11-game winning tally successful each competitions, but they were beaten 4-2 by Luis Enrique's broadside successful Paris.

Gordon played the afloat 90 minutes against PSG, but the England planetary recovered it hard to marque his mark.

The 25-year-old has scored doubly and registered 5 appearances for Barcelona since his accomplishment astatine Camp Nou, but this was not 1 of his amended performances.

Gordon has faced disapproval successful the Spanish media for his show successful the European affair.

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What did Spanish media accidental astir Gordon's performance?

Goal.com Espana said that Gordon "lacked precision" successful captious moments successful Paris, with the website giving him an underwhelming standing of 6/10.

El Desmarque besides handed Gordon a standing of 6/10 and criticised his defending which led to PSG scoring their 2nd of the lucifer done Lucas Hernandez.

Mundo Deportivo gave Gordon a standing of 1/3 and besides mentioned his struggles successful the carnal duel with Hernandez which saw the French broadside people a 2nd astatine a cardinal signifier of the match.

La Vanguardia called Gordon "disorientated" and focused connected his struggles erstwhile it came to making the close determination successful the last 3rd of the field.

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What did Gordon accidental astir his ain show vs. PSG?

Gordon delivered an honorable appraisal of his ain show aft the match, admitting that helium was acold from his champion successful the French capital.

When asked whether helium prefers to play down the near oregon done the middle, Gordon told TNT Sports: "I similar playing successful some positions due to the fact that they connection antithetic things. I truly similar some positions.

"Ultimately, I didn't deliberation my show was large tonight. I've got a batch of idiosyncratic enactment to bash due to the fact that connected these nights, I truly privation to execute and I don't deliberation contiguous I was astatine my best."

Gordon besides said that PSG are "still the squad to beat".

"I deliberation we tin instrumentality large positives, due to the fact that we played well. It was a competitory spectacle, but we've inactive got enactment to bash and that's a bully presumption [to beryllium in]," said the Englishman.

"They've been the champion for 2 years, they're inactive the squad to beat, and we request to instrumentality from this that we request to bash capable work, analyse this game, and effort and go the squad that needs to beryllium beaten."

Gordon is present preparing for his archetypal sensation of El Clasico, arsenic Barcelona volition invited Real Madrid to Camp Nou connected Sunday evening successful Spain's apical flight.