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Luis Enrique: "We were the superior team, the result is fair"

"We arrived on the back of a 4-0 win but we wanted to improve our finishing to put pressure on the league leaders, Real Madrid," said the Barcelona manager.

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Luis Enrique: "We were the superior team, the result is fair"
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Barcelona - Espanyol

The game: "Every stadium we travel to is difficult and we knew the key would be the first goal. We were far superior and and the result is justified."

Pressure: "Those last few yards are always the most difficult. They brought a lot of players back behind the ball and the pitch was heavy, which complicated our ball circulation. But we will go back to Barcelona happy. We displayed a solid structure. Them caused some danger with the long ball but we handled everything in a proper manner."

Impression: "We came into the game on the back of a 4-0 win, but we wanted to improve our finishing in order to put pressure on the league leaders, Real Madrid. We found a way to beat our opponents and we were effective in the second half in front of goal."

Danger shown by Osasuna: "We always make life difficult for ourselves. We had to get ahead and that was the key to having control of the game. They had a couple of chances to make it complicated for us but I am happy with what I saw on the field."

Alba and Sergi Roberto: "We value them the same as the rest of their teammates. The wide men help us out immensely, and this is one of the keys to our system of play."

Busquets: "We start our attacks with the central players. It takes him just a half a second to find a passing lane. He is the one who leads the pressure, and the game is in his hands. Thanks to players like him we can settle games like this."

André Gomes: "There will be games when he is given rest, but we will assess it and see how it goes if we do need to give him rest."