Piqué: "Referees can make mistakes but there are no excuses"

Gerard Piqué was sad to have lost, but refused to discuss the performance of the match officials despite the terrible mistake that led to Milan’s opening goal: "Referees can make mistakes sometimes but there are no excuses. Not the referee, not the pitch, nothing".

The Barcelona centre-back admitted that "it’s a very bad result. When they scored their first goal we lost focus. We have to improve, learn and wait for the return leg at the Camp Nou to qualify".

Piqué didn’t want to make excuses for his team’s poor performance and assessed Milan: "The San Siro is a tough stadium to play in and we know that Milan is a big club. We are Barcelona and we have to turn the tie around".