Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman was delighted with their show of character for victory over Celta Vigo.
Barca overcame the first-half dismissal of Clement Lenglet to beat Celta 3-0 on Thursday night.
“We worked really hard and I am so proud of the team today,” Koeman said afterwards. “We worked really hard. We played with a lot of discipline when a man down and even created the best chances to score. I am very happy.”
For Koeman, the half-time interval, after Lenglet’s red card, was key “to speak with the team and the players about the system with one less. The 4-4-1 was very compact on the pitch and I think in that sense we worked hard. Very proud to win the game. The result was fair.”
On Lenglet’s dismissal, he added: “You can’t argue whether it’s a foul or not, but you can about whether it’s a booking, knowing he already had one. It was harsh, but the referee’s job is hard. It was important not to complain but to speak about how we had to play with one man less. And that was the key, playing with discipline and having players in attack to make the difference.”
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