Enrique: Barca records mean nothing
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BARCELONA boss Luis Enrique insists he will only be satisfied once his side has delivered another La Liga title after equalling a Spanish record by stretching its unbeaten run to 34 games.
Barcelona was forced to come from behind against Sevilla on Sunday as a brilliant Lionel Messi free-kick and Gerard Pique’s winner overcame Vitolo’s early strike for the visitors.
Victory restored Barca’s eight-point lead over Atletico Madrid at the top of the table with Real Madrid now 12 points adrift after losing 0-1 to Atletico on Saturday.
And it is Real Madrid’s record of 34 unbeaten games from the 1988-89 season which will fall if Barca avoids defeat at Rayo Vallecano on Thursday.
“The record tells me nothing. If we win titles then fine, if not it doesn’t tell me a thing,” said Luis Enrique. “We have wanted to retain the title since the first day of the season. That is the primary objective and we are in better position.
“Now we need to win the points necessary to be champion.”
Elsewhere on Sunday, Villarreal eased to a 3-0 win over 10-man Levante to cement its hold on fourth place, while Athletic Bilbao won 3-0 at Valencia. Granada eked out a 1-0 win at Deportivo La Coruna.
In Italy, a defensive error helped Juventus to a 2-0 win over Inter Milan in Serie A, stretching the four-time defending champion’s lead over Napoli to four points.
Inter remained in fifth, one point ahead of city rival AC Milan.
Earlier, Sampdoria beat visiting Frosinone 2-0 for a key victory in the battle to avoid relegation.
Also, it was: Palermo 0, Bologna 0; Carpi 1, Atalanta 1; Chievo Verona 1, Genoa 0; and Udinese 2, Chievo Verona 0.
In Germany, Borussia Dortmund avoided a major embarrassment at home when it struck three late goals to come from behind and beat 10-man Hoffenheim 3-1.
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