6 saves and 2 goals conceded

FC Barcelona failed on Saturday in their visit to Celta (2-2) in a game of toss-ups for Iñaki Peña. Once again, the Alicante native failed in his attempt to keep a clean sheetalthough he finished the day with 6 saves against a Galician team that took advantage of the culés’ defensive errors, especially in a disastrous final stretch of the game for Hansi Flick’s men.

The first good intervention of the ’13’ came in the 19th minutewith a great save against a long shot by Ilaix Moriba. In the second half, with the score already 0-2, the Alicante native responded well to a shot by Alfon and closed down Hugo Álvarez in time in the 65th minute. He also had no problems in saving another mid-distance shot by Marcos Alonso.

However, Peña could do nothing to prevent Celta’s two goals in just 121 seconds. In the 84th minute, Jules Koundé made things difficult for himself with a poor control, allowing Hugo Álvarez to steal the ball from him and finish in front of the Barça goalkeeper, who was surprised by the action. A couple of minutes later, Alfonso González left Héctor Fort in the lurch before finishing easily in front of an Iñaki who did not even manage to get out of the six-yard box.

Iñaki has conceded 9 goals in 8 games as a starter in LaLiga

Although the Alicante native has kept a clean sheet in four of the eight games he has played so far (he came on before half-time against Villarreal and did not concede a goal), the ’13’ has already conceded 8 goals this season in the tournament.

The first 4 were in the defeat in Pamplona (4-2) and, later, he only conceded one goal against Sevilla (5-1) and another against Espanyol (1-0) before the defeat in San Sebastián (1-0) and the draw in Balaídos (2-2).

Since the Clásico (0-4), Barça have not managed to keep a clean sheet in the League and, in the Champions League, they have also conceded a couple of goals against Red Star (2-5) and another in the thrashing of Bayern Munich (4-1). Iñaki had made his debut in the tournament against Young Boys, without conceding a goal (5-0).