Xavi Hernández's annoyance, the coach asks for respect since they are the current champions

La Masia exploded in Barcelona's face despite the comeback, but for Xavi the victory was “deserved.” “The team has played a game to win it, and is a fair winner. “I'm leaving satisfied,” explained the Barça coach after the match. Two old friends met, with a game model born from the same culé DNA but with different results.

García Pimienta's Las Palmas, the revelation team after its promotion together with Girona; Xavi Hernández's Barça, in a rut from which it has the opportunity to get out and rejoin the head of the standings thanks to these three crucial points. “I expected more dominance from Las Palmas,” said "It's nothing serious." “We knew that we had a great team in front of us like Barça. You reach the 90th minute competing very well, with the feeling of taking a point, even of scoring a second goal. We didn't imagine losing the game. That point was fair and necessary for us,” Pimienta pointed out.

The anger at the team for the lack of attitude and soul on the part of Xavi during the last match against Almería seemed to have been erased from the minds of all the players. Gündogan went unnoticed, and Bucket's desire disappeared with his mistakes. “In the first half, what we made a mistake was the deep pass, the success of the last pass. Furthermore, they had a very high defensive line. We have rushed,” explained Xavi. And he denied repeating the fight during the break.

The one who did fight was the captain, Sergi Roberto, who passed the ball to Ferran Torres to score the tie and stay two goals behind Lewandowski. “We knew that it was an opponent who was going to offer us the ball, who wanted it, who had taken it away from many opponents,” shared the Valencian striker after the match. And in search of one more goal, Xavi replaced the Pole with 20 minutes remaining. “It is not a warning. I don't give notices. I try to improve the team and win. “They are all competition among themselves, but they are all there to help,” argued the Terrassa coach. A change that prepared Vitor Roque's debut with Barcelona.

Permanence in LaLiga

“In the second half we were more patient and we were very good. Ferran's goal has given us wings. He is always a guarantee for us,” said the Barça coach. To finish off the match, Gündogan was in charge of scoring the penalty that gave Barcelona the three points and a third position alone behind Real Madrid and Girona, and ahead of Athletic and Atlético de Madrid.But the captain of Las Palmas, Kirian Rodríguez, was complaining about the referee in what is the second game they have lost in the 94th minute.