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Luis Enrique: Fantastic weekend for Barcelona despite collapse

Barcelona missed the chance to go 11 points clear at the top of La Liga against Villarreal, but Luis Enrique hailed a positive weekend.

Luis Enrique felt Barcelona should be happy with what he described as a "fantastic" weekend, despite Villarreal recovering from two goals down to draw 2-2 with the champions at El Madrigal on Sunday.

A goal from Ivan Rakitic and a controversial Neymar penalty had the visitors in control, but a second-half strike from Cedric Bakambu and an own goal by Jeremy Mathieu saw Luis Enrique's men pegged back.

Villarreal is the first side to recover from 2-0 down at halftime against Barca in La Liga since Real Sociedad in 2011, and the draw meant the visitors did not take full advantage of Atletico Madrid's shock 2-1 defeat at Sporting Gijon on Saturday.