Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde felt his side did an “incredible job” in beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in La Liga on Monday night.
A single goal from Robert Lewandowski was enough to inflict a first defeat of 2025 on Rayo and send Hansi Flick’s side top of the table in Spain.
Here’s what Balde made of it all:
“We knew it was an important game to take the lead. I’m very happy with the team’s work and keeping a clean sheet,” he told the media.
“I’m happy. We have to give credit to the defensive phase, we did an incredible job today.