Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was unimpressed with how the Spanish champions took their foot off the gas as they opened their defence of LaLiga with a 3-0 win at nine-man Mallorca on Saturday.

Raphinha and Ferran Torres had already given Barça a two-goal advantage when Manu Morlanes and Vedat Muriqi both saw red in the space of six first half minutes, forcing the hosts to play for over 50 minutes with nine players.

Despite that, it took until the 94th minute for Barça to add their third goal, Lamine Yamal opening his account for the season with a brilliant strike from the edge of the box.

"I didn't like the match," Flick told reporters. "It's three important points, but I didn't like it.

"After going 2-0 up and [Mallorca] getting two red cards, I think the team played at 50

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