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Barcelona’s midfielder Cesc Fabregas feels his team responded perfectly towards all the criticism that was thrown at them by certain people. Prior to Barcelona’s away trip to the Etihad, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said that the current Barcelona team was the “worst team in many years”.
Barcelona responded with a hard fought 2-0 victory over free scoring Manchester City and now have a firm grip on the round of 16 tie.
Spanish international Cesc Fabregas responded indirectly to Mourinho’s comments and said, “Maybe we had to prove a point in a way, we did it and we did it in style and very, very well.
“But today was one of those days maybe everyone was saying Barcelona was not the same Barcelona.
“Some people were talking a bit too much and as usual they will have to shut up for a few days.”
Barcelona manager Tata Martino remained calm as he knows the work is only half done even though they have 2 away goals, “I am not taking it for granted but it is true we have done a good game away and we just have to repeat the same performance.
“We are going to keep on playing with the same intensity and the same commitment. We have a very tough rival at the same level. The only difference is we won an away game but we cannot forget that City lost at home to Munich and then won an away game,” he added.
