FORCA BARCA: We should've won the game but VAR did not help AT ALL

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MATCH DAY

Fight till the end but still not enough. We may lose the top position.

Sociedad 2-2 Barca player ratings: Suarez & Pique get 8.0, Ter Stegen 6.1

NEWS

Bartomeu will complain to Rubiales about the non-application of VAR (RAC1)

Griezmann won't return with rest of team to Barcelona with Valverde's permission

Griezmann spent many years in Donostia when he was a player of the Real Sociedad, have good friends there and stayed in the city after the match with Ernesto Valverde's permission.

VOICES

Referee should have been helped by VAR on Pique penalty shout

Iturralde González, Cadena SER and As' resident referee, says the referee didn't whistle the second one because the players bodies were in the way. Details>>

Ex-Referee Oliver: Llorente pulls Pique and a penalty should've been given

"The image shows us a pull by Llorente on Pique."

"The action should have been sanctioned with a penalty."

Valverde on Sociedad's pen: I'm not a referee, I don't know if it was a penalty

"The players are told about holding in the penalty area, so it has to be very clear."

"I think it wasn't a clear goalscoring opportunity." More here>>

Busquets: I think referee saw foul on Pique but he didn't want to blow whistle

"If you set the bar as low as for the first penalty, you have to whistle for many more penalties. VAR should have stepped in on the last play."

"I think the referee saw it but he didn't want to blow his whistle. I don't know why the VAR didn't intervene. We won't know why the VAR didn't act because they won't explain it."

De Jong: If referee gave that penalty to Sociedad, Pique should be awarded one

"If you awarded a penalty to Sociedad for the action [Busquets did] to the Real Sociedad player, you must also make the penalty for the Piqué incident."

"It was an intense match, with a lot of pressure, and we weren't comfortable, but we were able to react and get back."