MONACO (AP) — Barcelona’s perfect start to the season ended with a 2-1 loss at Monaco in the revamped Champions League on Thursday, a defeat which happened after defender Eric Garcia was sent off after 11 minutes.

Barcelona fell to a first competitive defeat under manager Hansi Flick as they were beaten by French side Monaco in the Champions League after having Eric Garcia sent off. Barca's unbeaten start to the season came under immediate threat when their central midfielder was given a red card for a professional foul,

Barcelona travel to Monaco for their UEFA Champions League opener on Thursday. Things didn't go according to plan for Hansi Flick and Co.

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick said that he can see positives from his side's performance despite their loss to AS Monaco in the Champions League on Thursday, September 19. Barca lost 2-1 after Eric Garcia got a red card.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he is not worried about his side's performance despite the 2-1 defeat to Monaco in their Champions League opener on Thursday.

It has been a dreadful start to their 2024-25 Champions League campaign for Barcelona. They were reduced to 10 men in the opening stages, and five minutes later, they have now gone 1-0 behind.It was

Barcelona made a disappointing start to their Champions League campaign by losing 2-1 to AS Monaco on Thursday after suffering an early blow from defender Eric Garcia's dismissal. Barcelona had a dreadful start at the Stade Louis II stadium when Garcia was shown a straight red card 11 minutes in for a foul on Monaco's Takumi Minamino,

Monaco defeated Barcelona after the LaLiga club went down to 10 men, Atletico clinched a late winner vs. Leipzig and Arsenal tied against Atalanta.

Barcelona's perfect start to the season hit its first stumbling block when defender Eric Garcia was sent off after just 11 minutes at Monaco in the revamped Champions League on Thursday. Garcia pulled back Takumi Minamino when the Japan forward intercepted a panicky pass out from Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.

Monaco have had a solid start to the Ligue 1 season thanks to strong play from their defense but they haven't faced a team who can attack like Barcelona so this will be a good test to see how far they can go.