Barcelona coach Luis Enrique says he has no complaints following his side’s 1-1 draw with Valencia on Saturday night.
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The hosts will next lock horns with Deportivo on December 12 while Valencia will play against Eibar on December 13.
Santi Mina was the hero in Mestalla as his 85th minute equalizer cancelled out Luis Suarez’s opener for Barca in a very intense game.
“I think he looked good, like the rest of the team”, Enrique said.
And Valencia felt even more hard done by when it was Suarez who finally opened the scoring as he squeezed the ball in at Domenech’s near post despite latching onto Messi’s pass from an offside position.
Enrique claimed not to have seen either incident and his captain Andres Iniesta insisted Barca had been unlucky to come away with just a point from Mestalla.
Real Madrid are now just four points behind Barca as they bounced back from their embarrassing elimination from the Copa del Rey for fielding an ineligible player in midweek with Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo all on target in their 4-1 thrashing of Getafe.
“We weren’t clinical in front of goal”.
Neymar fired wildly over after five minutes when he should have scored and a last ditch tackle denied Leo Messi, who then shot straight at Valencia keeper Jaume when he was set up by Neymar. “Valencia worked very well in defence, they made the most of a great piece of play from Alcacer and a great finish from Santi Mina”.
“We lacked that extra goal to put the game at ease”.
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‘But we’ve got a massive game tomorrow.
