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Beltrame: I must apologise to all Celta Vigo fans

Celta Vigo midfielder Fran Beltrame apologised to fans after defeat to Barcelona.

Beltrame gave away the injury-time penalty which Robert Lewandowski for Barca to win 2-1.

He later said: "I want to address Celtismo because the mistake I made at the end must be worked on and we must stop these mistakes. There are already many and they cost points. This time I have to show my face.

"We showed our faces and we were able to beat them. This team is going to get out of there and I'm going to work like everyone else . We were good, we closed the corridors and they had their chances, as we did ours. Then what happened almost always, that we made a mistake, in this case me, and now we have to get out of there.

"The public has been incredible, as always, supporting us. I tell them that I am sorry, for my part I owe them an apology. We will move forward."

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