Barcelona was much better than Real Madrid in the classic

Club coach Barcelona, Xavi Hernandezhe considered his team to be “superior to Real Madrid“after the victory over 2-1 classic and get 12 points ahead of white in the classification Santander League.

“We played the game we wanted to play. One of the keys to the game is that we minimized the losses. We were responsible with the ball. We dominated in many phases of the game,” the Barca coach insisted at the press conference.

Although he admitted that in the second half his team suffered “because they didn’t cut the inside passing lines” and Real Madrid “he made two against two in the band”.

Xavi He was very happy with the win and 12 away points, but he didn’t want to throw bells and whistles about the title options League.

For me it is not the final distance. Far from feeling like champions. But we have taken a big step forward. It’s time to evaluate what these players are doing. They only lost 10 points in the entire League,” he noted.

Asked about the fact that Carlo Ancelotti doubt about offside in the goal canceled by VAR Marco Asensio, Xavi He was open: “Offside is clear. It is a scientific question. These statements of Ancelotti surprise me. It is offside. There is no debate.”

The award for the best player of the match went to him Sergi Roberto, the author of the first goal of the match. “If Sergi Roberto was in another team, he would be one of the most valued players. He played an outstanding game. For me, he was always a guarantee and I am very happy for him,” Xavi praised him.

In addition, he revealed that after the game, the president in football club BarcelonaJoan Laporta, “went down to the locker room to congratulate the team” and both hugged.

gatekeeper of Real Madrid, Thibaut Courtoishe admitted that “you have to be honest, there are four games difference” with a 12-point lead Barcelona by winning the classic.

“Although we will continue to fight until the end. We will have to come here to win the Cup,” added the White goalkeeper in a statement to Movistar+ after the match.

anyway, Courtois He felt that his team played a “good game” and that they were “hurt by the draw goal conceded just before the break”, the work Sergi Roberto.

“We had a lot of arrivals and we couldn’t take advantage of them. In the last part we were going for the win, and his goal (Kessie on a discount) came when we left the area.”