Barca warned by Guardiola
12 Jan 2009 - 08:30:59
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has warned his side to tighten up, after they were made to fight all the way for a 3-2 victory at Osasuna.
Barca needed goals in the final ten minutes in Pamplona from Xavi and Lionel Messi to secure all three points, with the Catalan giants now enjoying a 12-point cushion at the top of the La Liga table.
However, Guardiola was not too impressed by his side's latest display, saying: "I thought that we played with fire in the latter part of the second half.
"We put in an extraordinary performance in the first period, but we did not do the business in the second until we were behind.
"We found it hard to push ourselves into the game while Osasuna were on a roll. We were not playing the right way and it was the talent of the players that pulled us through.
"It was a good lesson for the future to show we are not the champions of anything yet. There are still a lot of matches to go.
"In the second half you could see our weaknesses and we cannot afford to go down that route."