Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona midfielder, confirmed that his team deserved to win against Real Sociedad, pointing out that the problem was in wasting the chances to score.

De Jong said: "I think we deserved to win today, we created many chances but we had to convert them into goals. We played a good match, but we did not get the victory because we did not take advantage of the available opportunities."

He continued: "We lacked the final touch in front of the goal, and also the Real Sociedad goalkeeper played a great match and saved important chances, which clearly affected the result."

The Barcelona captain added, commenting on one of the refereeing incidents: "In the end, if there was an offside, then it is offside and there is no argument about that. I personally did not see the clip, and we were told it was not offside. I discussed it with the fourth official; last season a similar situation happened here."

De Jong continued his criticism of the refereeing, saying: "The problem is that the referee cannot be talked to at all. I am the captain and I do not understand this approach. He looks at me as if to say: I am above you. This is frustrating and he should not behave this way."

He concluded his statements by talking about the added time, saying: "The most frustrating thing was wasting the chances. At the end of the match, I was asking him to keep track of the time, and they took a whole minute to take a goal kick, which is normal, but he did not add even ten seconds extra. I told him that, and he showed me a card."