Barcelona manager, Valverde talks about Real Madrid criticizing them about their performance so far this season (click to read what he said and his reason for saying that)

Barcelona manager, Ernesto Valverde, has said he is not getting carried away after they opened up a seven-point lead over Real Madrid in midweek.

A day after Barca extended their winning start to the season to five games with a 6-1 win against Eibar, Madrid were beaten 1-0 at home by Real Betis.

“Things can change, what do you want me to say?” Valverde said in a news conference on Friday.

“Madrid in crisis? They’re seven points behind, yes, but Sevilla [are] two [behind], Atletico four…

“I don’t know how clubs deal with each ‘crisis,’ a month ago the same was said about us. There’s always a lot of noise but what I care about is my team.”

Pressed on if he was surprised that Madrid had already dropped points at the Santiago Bernabeu against Valencia, Levante and Betis, Valverde continued: “It’s tough for me to respond to questions about Madrid.

“I didn’t expect [their bad start] but I didn’t not expect it […] I come from the other side of the wall: Either you’re Barca or you’re Madrid.

“I have an eye on all of our rivals … [Madrid] have lost games, but we will lose games as well. Some teams will be in crisis, others will come out of it. Then there will be autumn, winter, spring…”

September 23, 2017 sports