Xavi Hernandez has mentioned his first recreation in charge of Barcelona, declaring his pride at the Catalan derby win over Espanyol.
Barça picked up all 3 factors at Camp Nou thanks to a 2d half of goal from Memphis Depay - a win that movements La Blaugrana as much as sixth in La Liga's desk, eight points adrift of Sevilla in first location.
Speaking after the win (via ESPN), Xavi defined that he turned into glad with the win but needs his crew to be inclined to take risks inside the final 0.33:
"In fashionable, I changed into satisfied with the overall performance and the three points.
"The mindset and the attempt have been excellent. We ruled for seventy five minutes but from there Espanyol created a number of troubles. We had a few success with the woodwork twice.
"It's tough to assault a again 5 with a line of 4 in front of them, but we should paintings on that because we can arise in opposition to it commonly. We need to take extra dangers going forward but that comes with self assurance and time. We want to know while to go huge and when to come interior and we want to paintings on our timing.
"I'm happy however there's plenty to enhance."
The win units up Xavi's Barcelona well for a vital Champions League recreation in midweek. La Blaugrana are set to stand off against Benfica at Camp Nou, knowing that a win might seal their progress into the knockout rounds of the competition.
