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Setien after Barca draw with Celta: We have "little margin for error" in the LaLiga title race.


Setien felt Barca deserved more than a draw against Celta. [Getty]
Setien felt Barca deserved more than a draw against Celta. [Getty]

Quique Setien admitted Barcelona weren’t at their best as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Saturday afternoon.


Despite dominating majority of the game, Setien said his side lacked ‘conviction to turn’ their ‘play into goals’ at the Abanca Balaidos stadium.

Veteran striker Luis Suarez gave Los Cules the lead twice before they were pegged back by Celta through goals from Fedor Smolov and Iago Aspas.

The result means Barca are top of the Spanish top flight, pending Real Madrid’s clash with Espanyol on Sunday.


Zinedine Zidane’s boys only need to avoid a win to leapfrog their bitter rivals.


"They took a lot of risks in the last few minutes and they found a goal that gave them a point," Setien told the media as Marca reported.

"We should not have got into that situation because we were much the better team in the first half. We had to have gone in at the break with a more comfortable scoreline.


"We're not in that moment of clarity.


"We did a lot of things well. It should have been a more comfortable game.


"We definitely lack conviction to turn our play into goals. The superiority we had in the first half was enough to have won the match and gone into [the second] more relaxed.


"We're finding it difficult. Scoring is sometimes a question of luck."


Setien added: "We've got little margin for error now and, in theory, we have to win all our games and hope our rival slips up.


"We'll try to keep picking up maximum points."



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