Hansi Flick is loving his time at Barcelona as he celebrated a convincing 4-0 success over Actual Madrid in El Clasico.
Flick’s aspect ran out convincing victors on the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, with Robert Lewandowski scoring twice in fast succession earlier than Lamine Yamal and Raphinha sealed the end result.
Barca snapped a four-game dropping streak towards their fiercest rivals, whereas in addition they ended Madrid’s hopes of matching their LaLiga-record unbeaten run of 43 video games, which was set beneath Ernesto Valverde in 2018.
The Blaugrana’s win got here on the again of a 4-1 thrashing of Flick’s former membership Bayern Munich, and the ex-Germany coach is having fun with life at Barca.
“I’m delighted to be working at Barcelona and to dwell in Barcelona,” he mentioned after amassing his tenth LaLiga win from 11 video games this season.
“It’s a improbable job, I’m very blissful.
“We’ve performed a improbable sport and I’m so proud.
“We pressed higher with and with out the ball [in the second half]. We had extra possession and that’s why the sport modified.”
Barca’s excessive line was a key issue of their victory, with Madrid caught offside eight instances within the first half alone, with Kylian Mbappe specifically struggling to remain on the correct aspect of the defence.
“The defensive effort was key,” Flick added.
“We’ve skilled quite a bit on defend with a excessive line and on how we wish to press on the ball. It’s additionally essential to not go away areas if you play Actual Madrid as a result of they’ve unimaginable gamers.
“I believe we’re doing properly. We’re sticking to our thought and proper now we’re fluid and we wish to transfer ahead.”
Lewandowski has now scored 10 targets in 16 conferences with Madrid in all competitions, whereas he has already netted 14 instances in LaLiga this time period.
“We’re very blissful, very blissful. To win right here like this can be a nice victory,” Lewandowski instructed DAZN.
“The season is lengthy, however this victory can assist us with much more, with confidence and soccer. To date we haven’t received something, however the essential factor is that we now have a transparent thought, we all know the place we wish to go on.”
