<p>Barcelona&rsquo;s place in La Liga&rsquo;s top four looks much less secure after they suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat at home to relegation-battling Cadiz on Monday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Lucas Perez&rsquo;s close-range finish early in the second half condemned Barca to a second consecutive defeat, on the back of their shock exit at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday.</p>
<p>Barcelona stayed second but are level on points with both Sevilla in third and Atletico Madrid in fourth while Real Betis in fifth are only three points behind. Xavi Hernandez&rsquo;s team do have a game in hand over the trio below them.</p>
<p>But the loss means Barca have won only one of their last four matches, that victory coming via an injury-time winner against 19th-placed Levante. Any hopes they had of making leaders Real Madrid feel uncomfortable are surely over, with Madrid 15 points clear at the top, having played a game more.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We must be self-critical. We have to say things to each others&rsquo; faces. This is Barca and we have to be better. At home we have to show more hunger, more faith, more character. This was a final and we have not played it like that,&rdquo; said Xavi. Cadiz climb out of the relegation zone to 16th, two points clear of the bottom three.</p>
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Lucas Perez’s close-range finish early in the second half condemned Barca to a second consecutive defeat, on the back of their shock exit at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday

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