Three talking points from Osasuna 1-2 Barcelona as Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres secure win

It wasn’t quite a disaster class from Dani Olmo, however, it was another opportunity missed for the Spaniard, who was rightly hooked on the hour by Hansi Flick. With Robert Lewandowski toiling, Barca needed Olmo to provide some sharpness and superior movement to help open up the passing lanes. Aside from one or two moments, he offered little in the way of supplementary attacking presence, and indeed, didn’t manage a shot on target despite often finding himself in some decent positions. There surely has to be a conversation had this summer now as to his ongoing importance to the team.

Could this actually be considered to be a game where getting the three points was all that mattered? Where the standard of performance could take a back seat as long as the game was won? Especially without Lamine Yamal and Raphinha. Culers seemingly always want to be entertained, but with that carrot of winning the title at home against Real Madrid with a victory at El Sadar, there is, perhaps, a school of thought that, for once, putting entertainment in second place is acceptable. The history books will show Barca winning another title and not how they toiled on Saturday night, so sometimes ‘job done’ can be seen as a positive, right?