Sergio Busquets lamented Clement Lenglet’s dismissal as Barcelona dropped two points in their 2-2 draw against Girona on Sunday.

The La Liga champions had the Frenchman sent off 10 minutes before half-time at the Nou Camp after he caught Riera Pere Pons with his elbow with referee Gil Manzano producing a red card after being invited to view video footage of the incident.

However, midfielder Busquets, who played the full 90 minutes, was not convinced the officials had got it right.

He told Sport: “Maybe there’s contact, you can see that in the images, but the ball’s on the ground and the movement Clement makes is a natural one.

“It’s not an act of aggression, he wasn’t looking to do that. Even the Girona player apologised because he made a foul. VAR has to be used in the correct way and with consistent criteria.

“Until the red card things were going well for us. After that, with one man less, it’s harder, especially when we go behind. We tried, we got level again and we looked for the win… but it was tough with one less.

“It’s a different game (with 10), we were good 11 against 11, we could have scored more goals. But going down to 10 left us up against it. We all like to play well and win, above all to win… so we will try to improve.”