La Liga
Sep 17, 2016 12.00pm
1
5
HT : 0 3
FT
  • Carl Medjani 27' yellowcard
  • Victor Diaz 39' yellowcard
  • Unai Bustinza 54' yellowcard
  • Gabriel 80' goal
  • Omar Ramos 87' yellowcard
  • goal Lionel Messi 15'
  • yellowcard Ivan Rakitic 24'
  • goal Luis Suarez 31'
  • goal Neymar 44'
  • goal Lionel Messi 55'
  • goal Rafinha 64'
  • yellowcard Neymar 80'

Rafinha: 'Leganes were too ambitious'

Rafinha: 'Leganes were too ambitious'

Barcelona midfielder Rafinha has claimed that his team made Leganes pay for 'leaving too much space' during Saturday's La Liga contest in the outskirts of Madrid.

Leganes deployed an attacking formation against the Spanish champions and caused problems in the early stages, but Barcelona ran out 5-1 winners on the afternoon due to their threat on the counter-attack.

Rafinha, who scored his side's fifth of the match with a long-range strike, says that Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar "are bound to score" when the trio are left with space to operate.

"Above all we are happy with the result of the game. They started with a lot of pace, playing high up and let us have lot of space. When you have our three up front, they are bound to score," Rafinha told reporters.

Next up for Barcelona is a league match at home to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.

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