Are you serious about this?
Cuz, it's definitely the opposite. In most matches, they start with going gungho against us. ATM, Bayern, Real.
We probably had a period where we were conceding quite a few early goals
Bro, with the exception of Real(1st half in La liga) and Bayern(1st 5 minutes) all others timidly approached Barca in the early minutes as the season wore on.
Athletico, in all their matches against Barca this season typically played the snatch and grab style except the latter part of the 2nd half of the CDR at Metropolitano where they had no choice than to come out in sesrch of a goal. Grabbing a quick goal and retreating back to your trenches is not the same as going gungho.
I want you to look at those other matches(apart from the ones I listed above)again and you will see my point. Even the super copa, barca had a flurry of chances with Yamal, Balde and Raphinha's header before RM got a goal off a counter from a corner.