As is always the case when Barcelona fall short in the Champions League, the local media reaction was unforgiving.
On the brink of disaster, screamed the Diario AS front page. Barcelona were hurtling towards the abyss , according to L Esportiu.
Robert Lewandowski s 92nd-minute equaliser may have rescued a point in a 3-3 draw with Inter last time out in the competition, but it was not enough.
Having suffered a 1-0 defeat at San Siro one week earlier, the result left the Blaugrana staring at an early Champions League exit.
Xavi acknowledged Barca did not deserve to progress following their madcap draw with the Nerazzurri, but that will be no consolation to their hierarchy should they bow out of the competition on Wednesday.
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