Fuck it, we had to lose sometime and fair play to the rags - they won their cup final. Pep has been quite clear that the derby is just another 3 pts to him and I'm sure this has rubbed off on the players. This has been the case since his first season when he put out a b-team at the swamp in the league cup. These winning runs tend to become a bit of an albatross around the neck of teams and pride aside this matters not a jot - as long as we dust ourselves off , bounce back, and don't have a dipper-style collapse / wobble. Still the best team in Europe and this will hopefully become a footnote in our best season ever.
Difficult for us older blues who in some senses still see a good season as being 40pts and a derby win - the price of success.