""I didn't do it against anyone," Flick explained. "I was applauding [Frenkie] De Jong after the first card, but I don't know why he gave it to me after the second. "I would never do anything against anyone. I didn't say anything against the referee. I applauded to cheer on my team. "Now I'm not thinking about missing the Clasico. The referee didn't want to talk to me; he left, and I accept that. He's the referee.""
""We have to play. Right now, we're in first place. Madrid has to win tomorrow," the Barca boss added. "We're not playing as well as we did last season. We're not in a good run. And that's what we're missing. I hope we needed this goal, which everyone celebrated. It's very important. "We created a lot of chances, but if we're honest, Girona created a lot in the first half. The next few games are very important for us, and we need Pedri to be fresh; he's incredibly important for the team. We have to manage the minutes of players like that, including Lamine [Yamal].""
Barcelona climbed to the top of La Liga after Ronald Araujo rescued a 2-1 victory with a 93rd-minute winner against Girona following first-half goals from Pedri and Axel Witsel. Hansi Flick received two yellow cards in stoppage time and was dismissed, meaning he will be suspended for next weekend's Clasico against Real Madrid. Flick said he applauded Frenkie De Jong after the first card and denied directing anything at the referee. Flick acknowledged a poor run of form after defeats to Paris Saint-Germain and Sevilla and stressed the need to manage minutes for key players such as Pedri and Lamine Yamal.
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