VILLARREAL 1-1 BARCELONA
Luis Enrique: “In LaLiga we depend on what Real Madrid do”
The Barça coach didn't want to talk about the referee: “It's not for me to judge those things”, or Rakitic: “You can't trust what you read in the newspapers”.
FC Barcelona coach Luis Enrique didn't want to talk about referee Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva's handling of this evening's game against Villarreal or reports coming out of Croatia that Ivan Rakitic could be on his way out of the club this month.
Overview of the game: “For what it's worth, we deserved more. We had a lot of the ball but we are currently in a dynamic where we creating a lot of chances but not taking them. We had to rescue a point in the last minute. We have things to improve, that's quite clear but we are confident that we will continue to evolve”.
Well organized
Villarreal: “Every time we pressed them high up the pitch, they'd whack the ball upfield and it is very difficult to win the ball back off them in that part of the pitch. Thy wanted to play the ball around and they have the quality to do that; we could play them at that game but we lacked luck, we were efficient. Apart from knowing excatly what they were playing at, when they had the ball and without it, their wide players dropped back to help out and tried to catch us off guard. We knew about all of the difficulties Villarreal would give us. We're not in a positive dynamic but we deserved to win the game. Villarreal press their opponents well and I like how well organized they are”.
League title race: “The league doesn't depend on us. I'm sure we'll have the opportunity to battle for it but it depends on Real Madrid. We have to keep doing what we are doing, but winning our games”.
No comment on the referee
Handball decisions: “It's not for me to judge those things”.
Rakitic: “You can't trust everything you read in the newspapers - regardless of where the news is published”.