Pedri goes off injured for Barcelona against Eintracht Frankfurt

got off to a shaky start as

was adjudged to have fouled Jesper Lindstrom in the box, resulting in a penalty after only two minutes.

After failing to answer the initial blow, they found themselves in even more trouble by the 38th minute of the match. Rafael Santos Borre collected the ball and fired a ferocious drive towards the goal that beat

Marc-Andre ter Stegen

.

At half-time, Barcelona was also forced to abandon one of their most promising chances of turning things around in the game. As reported by Mundo Deportivo,

looked to make a contact with his left leg and has suffered a muscle injury.

Frenkie de Jong had been left on the bench owing to illness earlier in the week, but was summoned by Xavi Hernandez to come off the bench and replace his star midfielder. De Jong and his teammates are in for a difficult challenge ahead of them.

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