An under-quality Barca side were torn apart by Athletic on Friday as Mikel San Jose's staggering opener and a second-half hat-trick from Aritz Aduriz put them very nearly a first trophy in 31 years.
"If there is anyone who can turn this around it is Barca. We will wait till Monday and will give everything we have," said Barca boss.
The European champions lifted their fourth trophy of the year prior in the week, yet were similarly as shambolic in defence as they discarded a 4-1 lead before overcoming Sevilla 5-4 in additional time.
It is the first run through in 14 years that Barca have conceded four times in two sequential games and comes as significantly to a greater degree a shock as it took 13 games for the Catalans to yield eight times last season.
"It worries me that we are conceding so many goals," included Enrique.
"We will analyse it and try to correct it. Football is a game of errors. Curiously, we have gone from being the team that it is hardest to score against to conceding easily."
Having played 120 minutes in the singing warmth of the Georgian capital Tblisi on Tuesday, Enrique had opted to rest various of his star names from the begin in Bilbao.
Barca additionally as of late finished an overwhelming pre-season visit in the United States and have a large group of players coming back from international duty at the Copa America.
Be that as it may, Enrique declined to accuse his side's rebuffing schedule as a reason for their dreary execution.
"We came from competing barely three days ago. I made a lot of changes to the starting 11 and I accept the responsibility as always.
"I believe I had to protect the players. This isn't the point of the season to burden some players with 120 minutes.
"I don't think it is the moment to look for excuses. It is how it is and I accept that."
Dani Alves was one of those most at fault as he was beaten by Sabin Merino to set up Aduriz's first and after that pulled down Borja Etxeita for the penalty from which the veteran striker finished his hat-trick.
Furthermore, he too refused to cite fatigue as an excuse for his side's awful defending.
"It is not normal to concede eight goals in two games, but that is the level of level we are at. Everything is equal and what you have done in the previous games doesn't matter," said the Brazilian full-back.
"We need to be at our best at the Camp Nou and try to come back. We need to compete and be better in defence.
"It is not the time to look for excuses like tiredness, the journeys or the pre-season. We have to improve everything."
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