Valverde, bemused by Guard of Honour question: "I haven't even thought about it..."

The worst part of tonight's game must have been Paco Alcácer's injury…
It's a setback that we didn't expect. But overall the game turned out well but's a real shame about Paco.

Was the game as simple as it looked from the outside?
Once you can crack open a game, everything is much easier. We had chances and scored goals and could have won by a bigger margin.

Barça have hit the woodwork 26 times this season. Is that a bit excessive?
If we deliberately tried to hit the post, we wouldn't get to that figure... Fortunately, apart from hitting the post we're scoring goals. That means we are regularly close to the goal and in position to score and that's good..

Paulinho's on six goals already...
He's a player who is always among the goals. He's got belief in himself.

Are Barça going into El Clásico in top gear?
We're going into it happy. We have a week to prepare for the game and the best way to approach the Madrid match was to put in the kind of performance we had today, secure three points and boost confidence and morale. We are in good shape but we know that we are in for a complicated game against a huge rival. We'll prepare for it well because we are determined to put in a good performance.

A win over Madrid would practically rule them out of winning LaLiga?
People also mention the advantage we have over Real Madrid but they forget that Atlético are only six points behind us. We have it pretty clear in our minds that this is a long competition. No team sews up the league in the first round of games.

Would you mind if your players performed the guard of honour next weekend at the Bernabéu?
We've only just finished this game. I haven't even paid it a thought.