Barcelona's perfect start to La Liga ended with a 4-2 defeat at Osasuna

Barcelona's perfect start to the La Liga season came to an end with a 2-4 defeat at Osasuna.

Hansi Flick had won all of his first seven league games as Barcelona head coach – alongside a 2-1 defeat at Monaco in the Champions League – but his strong team suffered a heavy defeat in Pamplona.

First-half goals from Ante Budimir and Bryan Zaragoza put Osasuna in control and while Pau Victor equalized eight minutes after the break, a penalty from Budimir and a long-range shot from Abel Bretones took the game away from the visitors.

Ante Budimir scored twice as Osasuna convincingly beat Barcelona (Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images)

Substitute Lamine Yamal – one of many regulars who was rested from the start of this encounter – scored a consolation goal two minutes from time, but it was not enough for the Spanish league leaders, who suffered their first home defeat of the season.

“We have to accept the defeat,” Flick told Barca TV. “Today wasn’t our best day. We had to make these changes. Many players had played a lot of minutes. It is my responsibility, I have decided to do it. It's about me, not about the players. They all gave 100 percent and today wasn’t our day.”

“There were some things about the referee that weren't 100 percent right, but in the end it's 4-2, we have to accept that and we'll move on.” Everyone is on the right track and we'll move on. It's an important game (in the Champions League, on Tuesday) against Young Boys. We will use the two days to properly prepare the team. That’s our job.”

Yamal and Raphinha both came on as second-half substitutes for Flick's side, which was missing a number of injured players including Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Dani Olmo and Marc Bernal.

Second-placed Real Madrid (17 points) face Atletico Madrid (third, 15 points) on Sunday, with both teams looking to reduce the gap at the top of La Liga to Barcelona (21 points).

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