Xavi frustrated with Barcelona’s draw against Sevilla

boss

Xavi

has a hard time sleeping after his side did not take advantage of their domination during Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with

.

Los Nervionenses took the lead 32 minutes into the game courtesy of Alejandro Gomez’s strike but the Blaugrana scored the equalizer through

Ronald Araujo

.

Barcelona had 15 shots in the first half, which is the most in La Liga during the first half this season, and they deserved more.

After throwing the ball at Jordi Alba’s face,

Jules Kounde

was dismissed in the second half, but the Catalans did not use that advantage during the final minutes of their encounter with Sevilla.

Xavi’s side have only managed to win one game in their last eight away matches in

and while Barca’s inability frustrated Xavi, he praised their performance.

"

We have lost two points; we deserved to win, even when it was 11 against 11,"

 he told

Movistar

.

"It will be difficult for me to sleep because we should have won. Sevilla were able to cool the game down; they are a veteran team, they know what they are doing and they work very well tactically.

"This Barca is close to the one we want, to be protagonists and be brave. It is the right way.

"I have seen a Barca with personality. It is what we want and the team is growing.

"We were good at high pressuring, recovering after losing the ball and the circulation of the ball. We competed very well, despite the draw."

There has been speculation surrounding

Ousmane Dembele

’s future recently and he showed why the Catalans are eager to retain his services with an impressive display.

The Frenchman had five shots, with no other player able to better his four key passes

The France international also provided his second assist to help his side level the game. The Barca manager was delighted with Dembele’s performance and expects more from him when they face Real Mallorca on January 2.

"We want this from him," 

Xavi added.

 "I say the same for [Ez] Abde or Ansu [Fati] when they are playing.

"We want pure wingers in the team; let them prove how good they are.

"It's a pity the goal was missing but he played a very good match."

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