Balde 2.5, Joan Garcia 3 | Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona: Player Ratings | OneFootball

Barcelona suffered their most humiliating defeat of the Hansi Flick era on Thursday, one that should well be labelled their worst performance in over a year.

Taking to the field at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, the Catalans lacked any form of threat and took a pounding in defence from Atletico Madrid.

An early own goal created an amicable situation for the hosts, but they deservedly took a 4-0 lead by half-time to leave Barcelona red-faced.

Nothing changed after half-time beyond VAR joining the proceedings as a protagonist to deny Barcelona a goal, and the Blaugrana now have a massive task in the reverse fixture.

Barça Universal brings you the player ratings from Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona.

Joan Garcia: 3

The goalkeeper had his first howler in a Barcelona shirt as he suffered with his decision-making and came under pressure from the Atletico Madrid press.

Opened the floodgates with an unacceptable own goal and had nothing to show for the remaining goals.

Alejandro Balde: 2.5

The left-back was left exposed and embarrassed on the night as all of Atletico Madrid’s attacks seemingly stemmed from his flank with the defender nowhere in the equation.

Was no match for Giuliani Simeone’s pace and the hosts’ counter, handing them a free highway to march into Barcelona’s box and create a threat.

Pau Cubarsi: 3

The youngster began to crack after the hosts scored their opener on the night and his performance went from bad to worse as he had no idea of how to intercept Atletico’s clear game plan.

Could not deploy the offside trap to any good use and lacked the pace to track back and keep up with the speedy wingers. Scored the team’s first goal of the night early in the second half which was ruled out for a comical offside.

Eric Garcia: 2.5

Eric will not be available for the second leg. (Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images)

Garcia, who has been one of Barcelona’s most consistent performers this season, also had a howler of a game where he simply could not organise the team’s defence.

Scored the own goal on paper and took the blame from Garcia, but had no clue how to prevent Atletico Madrid’s buildups and crosses across the field.

Was sent off at the tail end for an unnecessary foul.

Jules Kounde: 4

Kounde’s individual performance was as bad as he has been all season, but unlike usual he was not the only player performing disastrously at the back on the night.

Took the ball between his legs for Atletico Madrid’s second goal and was no match for Ademola Lookman for their third. Should have done better to deny Julian Alvarez at the end of the first half as well but simply could not offer any resistance.

Marc Casado: 2.5

Casado was hooked off midway through the first half, completing a horrific night for him, but the truth of the matter is that any of the XI players could have been taken off at the time and there would be no reason to complain.

Took a vital yellow card to deny Atletico Madrid another sure shot, but was below par with his distribution and decision making.

Frenkie de Jong: 5

The captain returned to the XI hoping to offer control to Barcelona’s midfield, but what he managed to do was anything but that. His distribution was better than the others who struggled with the uneven field, but nothing special.

Dani Olmo: 4.5

Olmo struggled in the tight spaces and with the field conditions and could not create much threat in pockets of space. He did, however, conjure up some chances with vital through balls, none of which resulted in big opportunities.

Defensively, he was below par like the rest of the team and did not offer enough work rate off the ball.

Fermin Lopez: 5.5

Lopez perhaps had the two best opportunities of the field half, one with a volley that struck the crossbar and a second with a through ball that he could not get on the end of.

Apart from those moments, however, he had a very silent night in both offence and defence with nothing to show as contributions.

Lamine Yamal: 4.5

Not even Yamal could save Barcelona’s blushes. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

The teenager was perhaps the player who struggled the most with the field, slipping seemingly every time he got on the ball.

He was not his usual creative self in the first half, struggled to complete dribbles and was double-marked for the better part of the game.

Ferran Torres: 3.5

The Spaniard had nothing to show in the first half, neither with his defensive effort nor his attacking movements.

He was invisible for most of the game, covered heavily by Atletico Madrid’s compact defence and finding no spaces to break free.

Robert Lewandowski: 3.5

Lewandowski was brought on as a substitute early in the first-half after the team conceded three goals and looked to add attacking firepower, but his presence did not add much to a team that was struggling to create chances anyhow.