Barcas players better listen considering he’s the only one with any winning experience and mentality

Gundogan is a winner and was a clutch player for city in big games and title run ins, barca players should listen to him if they want to win

That was a stupid foul to do when you're up 2 goals at home but Araujo and the Barca defense do that a lot when they get beat they just pull

I remember when a similar incident happened between Benzema and Vini jr. Vini took it upon himself to improve and work on his game. This is the difference between the state of both clubs

What a player we have in Gundo. Just the leader we need in these types of situations, and if we're being honest, people complain about the words by both parties, but in recent years, after major defeats, this wasn't even happening, so I take this as an improvement in the right direction.

This is why Gundogan was the captain of the most successful Manchester City team in history. He is a true leader. The Barca players need to listen to him because he can actually help their team achieve success

Everybody makes mistakes just look at how ESPN spell their name in the title 😂😂😂😂

I’ve never understood why last defenders feel the need to take down attacking players instead of just letting them go in on goal. Particularly early on in the game like Araujo did and with Barca up by two goals on aggregate. Some situations call for it but players also need to use situational awareness and realize that even conceding a goal in certain situations, especially while up by multiple goals early on in a match, is better than having your team play a man down for most of the match. Too many times it’s not worth it and the objective opportunity cost is actually all wrong when players do it.

As a madrid fan he ain't wrong nothing against Araujo he's still young and you learn from mistakes but he should look up to his elder player with more experience that's how you become better

Yall not addressing Arajuo not being taking responsibility

Gundogan is right but he shouldn't have publicly thrown his teammate under the bus like that

I don't see Gundoga's mistake here. Araujo didn't apologize publicly for his mistake. He should have to accept his criticism rather he gone to attack after single Handley eliminate Barcelona.😂

nonsense Gundo said nothing wrong, He was asked and he honestly answered that its better to concede in that situation than to be sent off

You’re right, Craig, Gundo has been around long enough, and been in the dressing room of the best team in the last ten years, maybe he knows something about what it takes be part of a winning team that learns from its mistakes. Araujo is the best tackler in the world, but if he can’t own up to this, that’s all he will ever be

I think a captain is allowed to say that, also that red card cost them the game, why should he mention a mistake by Lewandowski... that logic makes no sense

Barcelona doesn’t deserve elite player like a Gundogan.

You can understand why Gundogan did what he did. He's frustrated because Barcelona probably owe him 6 months' salary and for them to not make the CL semi-finals means Barca won't have any money to pay him at all now. Poor guy will have to live off those Rolling Stones and Drake CDs.

Gundogan is spot on and this is leadership, something desperately needed at Barca.

What with araujo getting defensive? Just admit you made a mistake, learn from it, and move on. Most of the dressing room is probably thinking what gundogan was thinking anyway.

I like how Craig and Ale are defending Araujo and bringing up that Man City comparison.

Those 2 pundits are just waffling. One played for Chelsea when they won nothing. What is he talking about? He has 0 legitimacy. Ilkay knows what it takes to win. Period.

Gundogan perfectly said my mind... For football sake, they were 2 goals up, playing at home with the fans help and if you had the ability to come back and win the first leg that would have been a perfect decision 'Let him face the goalie' ,not saying they should always give the opponent spaces to try the goalie... Inexperience took over the barca team i guess, from the Red card to the third goal, there was no calmness and also the referee quick decision against barca was just too harsh.

Ale Moreno always makes great points very underrated pundit

Am I the only one that think that this Pundit are reading alot in to this. In the initial interview, I believe Gundogan said he hasn't watched the replay, however if that was what happened then he should have given the GK a chance or give the striker a goal. Are people forgetting that part of the interview? Also, for me in general, I don't think thats wrong for him to say, yes I admit, he should have just kept it as I haven't watched the replay

Ronald never responded to Gundo... he was advising the reporter respecthim and his time as it was a bookAraujo was endorsing... ESPN let's do better nw

Airing the dirty laundry in public like that, it's deteriorating the image of a high-standing club such as Barcelona. This the kind of miscommunications we've seen time and time again from PSG.

Leaders don’t single people out in public. The guy made a mistake in a high pressure situation, he doesn’t need Gundogan piling onto what must already be a bad week.

I so wish Gundogan was at Chelsea to steer the ship in the right direction. To call Jackson and Madueke into order publicly...These young boys must learn quickly

This is not the first time Araujo got an early red card to hurt his team. Listen to people who have been there and done it. Gundogan has never gotten a red card over many years and 4 teams, Dortmund, Man City, Barcelona, Germany. Araujo should learn to listen.

I completely agree with Gundogan and Araujo needs to step his game up if he wants to be an elite player.

When you call out your teammate directly to the media that's a violation. Say it to his face like a man. That's real leadership.

Gundogan 100% correct and fact

He also said something about closing down Vitinha. The way he said it was without any malicious intent but trust the media to milk it. There’s nothing wrong with his statements about the game overall and he was asked how the red card affected them specifically. Let’s give this man a break. Barca are still in denial about the rightness of the red card. It’s a mistake by Araujo let him accept it, and not expect flowers. We know it would haunt him but he should own it and start healing very fast and not look for a soft landing or hiding place. Nobody threw him under the bus whether publicly or in private. Reflect on what Gundugan is saying and improve your focus in games and forget about your ego

The new manager has a big task on his hand

I think he just stated facts. Going down one player that early disadvantages the entire team. Then to make matters worse, the manager and a member of the coaching staff then goes on to get a red. Gundogan has a point.

gundogan is insane,,, he might be correct,,, but plent of teams play 60 mins with 10 men and dont concede,,, let alone concede 4 times,,, the 10 on the field were the problem, not the 1 who got kicked out,,,, like even if you believe that you shouldnt be saying it,,,, because there is surely debate, and making it public is severely lacking intelligence

Gundogan is right he deserves to be the captain over everyone its only been a season for him but he is the only person with winner mentality and talks with his performance in the pitch

I do agree one doesn’t make public comments unless it’s been simmering. Barca defense has been terrible this season and dropped the ball compared to last. He made a massive miss take leaving Man City and downgrading to play for Barcelona- this must make him frustrated

IK was right and should criticize them all publicly. Special Arajo who did not apologize and u can see how Barca players accept defeat and being complacent

Treble winning season, gundo came publicly after a loss and said some of his teammates weren't up to it. They the form around in no time.

Araujo's reaction remind me of man united players. When senior players say, you listen

Funny how these goofs are pointing fingers at Gundo. Gundo is 100% correct. They asked about the red card and he answered correctly. The card changed the game & Aurajo is to blame for that. Pointing fingers at him and lewa for not scoring is comedy. They were not going to win with 1 man down no matter how much they tried. They were getting pressed from beginning to end once Aurajo go the red. Also, comparing their experiences in their low tier teams to a club like Barcelona is laughable. None of you clowns have ever won the Champions league like Gundo has, so comparing yourselves to him and his quality is insane.

I don’t think there’s a problem with what Ilkay Gundogan has said in regards to Ronald Araujo’s red card which was the driving force behind Barcelona’s loss to PSG later in the game. It changed the entire game and in that situation, it’s best to let the attacker score or try to see if the goalkeeper saves a 1v1, because Gundogan is basically saying that you can’t go down to 10 men and expect yourself to win an important champions league game and it’s obvious that he’s frustrated with this loss. Araujo hit back and said that he doesn’t care about what Gundogan thinks about his red card and I have to disagree with him, because before he got sent off, they were up by 2 goals and it looked as if they would hold on, they didn’t mainly because of his red card and they couldn’t find a solution playing with 10 men. This whole “small club mentality” attitude at Barcelona needs to change if they want to be among Europe’s elite again and get back to competing for trophies because Gundogan’s comments are a sign of a serial winner someone who isn’t content with mediocrity. This isn’t the first time he’s publicly criticized the team after a big defeat because remember I think it was after their loss to Real Madrid earlier in the season, he said that the players showed no emotion after a defeat and were happy with leading for most of the game only for Jude Bellingham to then dunk on them with 2 goals in that second half. Do I blame him for the things he saying, absolutely not because this is a guy who’s used to winning because he played on a team that basically wins every week and he went from that playing under Pep Guardiola and some of the best players in the world at Manchester City to now this at Barcelona. After Barcelona beat PSG away from home last week, he’s probably confused on why people are celebrating after just the first leg as if they won the World Cup, because the tie isn’t over after 1 leg. He’s frustrated I get it mainly because on this young team, he’s one of the players that they can look up to and Barcelona need more players like Ilkay Gundogan and get out of this “weak mentality” of accepting defeat and being fine with just the minimum.

People who brings out mistakes is not necessarily your enemy. Araujo should those advice from gundo in a positive way to bring up the club. We need Araujo.

Comparing Kompany with this young barca player is wild😅😅

These is why the post match interviews are so formulaic because the players know anythin heartfelt will shake up the locker-room.

Saying it to the media makes me think players don’t listen to gundogan in the locker room

Good on Gündogan. He's allowed to express his real and factual feelings. No say "Ah darn, welp next year. I love my players and they are incapable of making mistake lul".

Tbh it didnt seem like araujo knew he made a mistake lol

Barca is Barca. Its not Gundogan that's going to and Barca better. Why don't he talk in public about lewans misses. Or his own mistake on the pitch. He has gifted opponents goals on soo many occasions.

I promise you that Gundogan saying this publicly is the best thing that can happen to everyone. It will not have made the impact we want it to make if he spoke to him "lovingly" and "privately".. bruh sometimes you need these things to realy get your act together.

Gundogan learned from Pep, you throw others under the bus always

Gundogan does it everywhere. He had complained about Guardiola and Man City panicking in champions League games

Araujo knows he made a mistake. Is not up to the other guy to say it to the media. What should’ve happened is Araujo to apologize to the team to the media for not having his head in the game. Terrible mistake and he should own it, that’s how you show your team it’s all on you. Period!

In the first interview Gundo addressed everyone, this pundits are just looking to cause unnecessary division. Gundo was not malicious in any way. Stop with your hate ESPN.

I am 100% with Gundo.Those guys played as if they didn't know what was at stake.They cost Barca that game from the get go and Canceilo's giving away a silly penalty,that challenge was unnecessary.Gundogan is not use to such stupidity from his team mates at city.

Yeah that red card changed the game but barca had to defend 2 goal leads by 10 man for 60 minutes more in front of the home crowd. Was it too tough to do ???

Gundo was exactly correct, but he should have told it in the dressing room

Gundogan is right amd his the most experienced player in the squad

I agree with gundo 1000% Someone had to say it for these players to learn and step up. Such mistakes are unacceptable. It was way too early to be made

Creg Burley, Ale Moreno, Dan, Xaka Hislop (comming from a fellow Trinidadian 🇹🇹 myself) even Luis Garcia ...you Guys never fail to amaze me with the lengths that you all go through to Throw Barcelona under the bus, it comforts me knowing how great my club is that it threatens you guys that much, I mean if it werent for Barca would ESPN FC even be relevant 🤷🏻‍♂️ that am not too sure about 🤔

Proper way to say it Greg is the man that have not made a mistake have not learnt nothing as yet or have not learnt how or y or shud he do it in that way or this way he has now become composed in decision making

No one publicly criticized him when he missed a penalty kick against Malloca last month, and made us to suffer for 70+ minutes till we were safed by a teenager... You don't do like that against teammate, more especially when we are in crucial time like this ( 3-4 days before el clasico)...

No Extra Time uploaded for 2 straight days now

TÍTULO: “La caverna crea desequilibrio entre los antes del clásico” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

That wasn't a red card. Maybe yellow but not red. Gundos foul was definitely a yellow and also a penalty

Gundogan talks as if he’s a flawless player lmfao.

7:50 sounds like Burley and Ale don’t get along outside of the studio 😅

Gewndo is a legend listin up

Gundogan is at fault. He should just close his mouth. The team messed up generally. Araujo is worth 10 Gundogans!!!

Just watch the Morata vs. Sabitzer scene between BVB vs. Atleti and then think again about what Gündo has said

Oh shut up Craig...seriously why is ESPN paying these clowns? He's comparing it to Kompany. Back in Kompany's days, Gundogan was a younger player and Kompany was captain. The roles have changed now. He is in Barcelona as a senior figure to instill experience so of course he has the right to chide Araujo. If anything, the way Araujo took this criticism shows his own ego problems lol

Average players not being able to take criticism for their mistakes is exactly the reason why Barca are failing

Thanks to gundagon if not for him … whole barca would be crying for reff decisions… ask coach xavi

Gundogan is the only one who speaks facts in this team, he's the only leader we have, the rest including Xavi can't call out players for mistakes.

Why is gundo getting all this smoke for this….he didn’t say anything we didn’t already know? It’s really not that deep. He told it how it was. Nothing controversial about what he said at all….

As always blowing things out of proportion. Gundogan didn't do anything wrong.

Barca are too obsessed with Real Madrid every thing is based on beating them, as for controlling that 1st half they scored a goal that took 3 deflections & 1 other chance & didnt look like doing anything else then with 5 mins of pressure they fell apart with Gavi assisting Jude then they were on the ropes the last 35 mins struggling to put 5 passes together... once again posession counts for nothing ... ASK City & Barca

It’s better to lose an eye than lose both eyes.

Constructive Critisim

Gotta love Gemma 🔥😎

its stems from Xavi openly using excuses & many of them ridiculous eg poor grass,too many away fans, the medias fault, his players not following orders , referee conspiracy against Barca , poor home fans ... every one else is too blame But Xavi & the players... Xavi inside 3 seasons 24 yellow cards 3 red cards says t all & the mentality of Barca atm

Feeling like the superman that came from man city to make barcelona better 😆

We need Barcelona to step up, to make Laliga exciting again. And as a Madrid fan, I do think Gundogan did say the correct thing.

Gundo is just being a good leader bud he is a treble winner I would just nod 🙂‍↕️ and keep it moving and take it all on board

You hear from his reaction Araujo will do it again.

You guys are terrible!!! Gundogan was literally directly asked about the Araujo red card…. What’s all this talk about he not talking about lewandowski bla bla bla 🙄

If you mean well, you tell it to his face in private, saying it in public makes no sense. 2:20 like Luis said, all he achieved with that is bringing a weird atmosphere into the dressing room, and this isn't Gundo's first time.

Ilkay is looking forward to next season when Xavi is gone. He knows that Xavi saying it wasnt a red card is ludicrous and he wants to be on the side of sanity for when rafa takes charge .

He was wrong saying it in public yes i understand he was angry as we the fans but things like that should not be say in public and for Lewandowski no need to even speak to that one cause he will still make same thing everyday

Gundo has the right to critisize ronald. Hes a captain and pulling of stunts like this? Idek why he has the armband

Gundogan saying that Barca had lots of injured players as if like Madrid doesn't. What a way to use that as an excuse for a poor performance/season. 🤣😂🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

But Araujo messed up badly. He needs to own it!

Sadly Gundogan doesn't know ESPN would make a feast out of simple explanations of what he saw in the match. He never had bad intentions like these people here are trying to portray

ESPN always putting Barca under the bus. Have you thought of it this way; that maybe Gundo Is using reverse psychology on Araujo to make him better himself to face these top players. Gundo wouldn’t comment if it was Kompany who made this mistake because that’s Kompany. Araujo is still young and he must learn from the experienced ones like Gundo and I’m positive he’s taking these comments the right way but you guys always look for the downfall of Barca. We’ll come back stronger. Forca Barca💙❤️💙

Remember when benzema said dont even pass to vini because of his arrogance

Love both players. Still love Araujo. Everyone makes mistakes but i think it was very clear thst red was pivotal in the match. Everything fell apart afterwards and no one can argue against that. Whole team was emotional so i dont see anything wrong with Gundogan' comments especially since he just came from winning the treble and we havent won sht in years. We cant just pretend what happened in the pitch didnt just happen. Its been going on for years.

You guys can’t seriously be comparing what Araujo did to what Lewandowski did…

Araujo vs Gundo boxing match??🥊🥊

Craig Burley, the great ex footballer. Coughing, Coughing. Talking about other great footballers. This joke of a guy talks down everytime about Mbappe, that tells you everything about little common sense he has and respect for other players talent. Yet he thinks a respected and veteran player in Gundogan can't send a message to the youths to step up and realise the responsibility of a big club like Barcelona.