As his team exited the Champions League group stages for the second consecutive year, Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez claimed Group C was challenging.
The LaLiga giants were eliminated early thanks to Inter’s 4-0 home victory over Viktoria Plzen, and Bayern then ran amok at Camp Nou with a 3-0 triumph.
Xavi emphasized the strength of Group C when asked about his team’s elimination from the competition.
“We have to face the reality. I already said that we have to grow little by little and today there were good things.
“Today we did not compete on their level. In Munich we were better, but today we didn’t compete.
“Today Bayern was better. Just as we were better in Munich and we should have won, today they were better. The group was very complicated and everything happened to us in the Champions League,” Xavi said.