"We played a great game. All of our players played well and we showed our quality."
"A match may come where chances are missed, but the most important thing is that we create those chances,"
"We usually finish really well, much better than tonight."
"It's a bittersweet performance for me. We won, but I missed two clear chances that I should have scored."
Barcelona reclaimed a temporary four-point cushion over Real Madrid with a 3-1 away win at Elche, maintaining pressure on Los Blancos. The Catalans controlled the match, rarely troubled by the hosts apart from occasional counterattacks, and they arguably should have scored more. Captain Frenkie de Jong praised the squad's quality, acknowledged missed chances, described an off night for finishing, confirmed a minor knock but said he was fine, and expressed excitement for the decisive part of the season across La Liga, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey. Young midfielder Fermin Lopez called his performance bittersweet after missing two clear chances and urged greater concentration on finishing.
Read at Barca Universal
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