Newcastle United attacker, Anthony Gordon, has admitted that he has never played a team like Barcelona before.
He said that Barça are above the level of Premier League top sides, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.
The England international made the confession following Newcastle United’s 2-1 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League on Thursday night.
On-loan Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford scored twice to give Barcelona all three points at St James’ Park.
Gordon scored Newcastle’s lone goal in the 90th minute.
Barcelona barely gave Newcastle the opportunity to equalise before the full-time whistle.
Gordon told BeIN Sports, “I think the way they keep the ball was a learning experience.
“We don’t play against that kind of style in England, not at that level anyway, I thought they were the best I’ve played against in that sense of the game. Some of that play in midfield was really top.
“We’ve played against some top teams, City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, but the way they pass the ball, the midfielders, the way they were fluid in their movement and combining, made it really hard for us to press, and it’s not easy coming here and doing that.
“We press with intensity, we’re very physical but to be fair to them, they did really well.”