Xabi Alonso talked about the forthcoming match against Almeria and the team’s defeat on Saturday.

"We only think about defeating Almeria"

Response:

We want to respond on the pitch. Losing to Olympique Lyonnais was also a hard blow, but we earned a good victory against Valladolid in our following match. The best thing we can do to recover is win on Thursday. The Clasico was an important match and things didn’t turn out as we expected. Barcelona took all the points and we were hurt by that.

Almeria:

We want to take things slowly, but we no longer depend on ourselves. Almeria are a complicated opponent and many teams have dropped points at their stadium. We don’t want to be one of them. We think about winning the match. That is all that’s on our minds.

Title hopes:

There are 21 points still at stake. Many things can happen. We’ve done many positive things this year, but this is still a new project. The Club has new players and a new Board. There will be enough time to draw conclusions in the future. Right now we must focus on winning all our games to try to take the title.