Meanwhile,
Mascherano has accumulated five bookings and will be able to rest next week
with sights already set on the final stretch of the championship.
"I
thought the performance the other day was spectacular, and today it was even
better. We were very solid against a really tricky team; we were able to
counter the high press thanks to our good positioning, possession, shape and
the fact that our forwards did well running on to passes in behind the
defence", FC Barcelona boss stated.
The Asturian
coach admitted that FC Barcelona are now in pole position: "We are where
we want to be thanks to hard work, we haven't been given any freebies, and now
we're approaching the business end of the season, in which we will be going for
all three trophies".
"We're very pleased with the way the team are
kicking on and improving. They never lack ambition", Luis Enrique said
with regard to his players' attitude. We
cut off all the opposition's transitions. We did well defensively all game
long. If we'd have played at all worse, we would have been in trouble", he
added, making a point of praising Eibar's efforts.
On the
other hand, a heavy tackle from Javier Mascherano
against Eibar earned him a yellow card that will prevent him from playing in
the next game on FC Barcelona's schedule, against Getafe. The Argentine has
accumulated five bookings and will be able to rest next week with sights
already set on the final stretch of the championship.
Luis Suárez
was also shown a yellow card, bringing his total to four and thus leaving him
on the verge of suspension.
Given the
fact that only two matches remain before FC Barcelona go head to head with Real
Madrid, the Uruguayan may look to pick up another yellow against Getafe to
guarantee his availability for the 'Clásico', meaning he would miss out on the
meeting with Villarreal at El Madrigal.
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