BAD POSITIONING COST BARCELONA EL CLASSICO SAYS INIESTA

Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta said tactical mistakes were to blame after his side wasted a lead and lost 2-1 to Real Madrid in Saturday evening's Clasico at the Camp Nou.
Asked in the Camp Nou mixed zone if his team had suffered from tiredness after the recent international break, the Blaugrana skipper responded that the problem had been more to do with his team allowing themselves to be caught on the break when they should have been positioned better on the pitch.
"I don't believe [the defeat] was due to physical issues," Iniesta said. "It is a conjunction of things. At 1-0 we lacked more control and positioning. We were caught many times on the break, and these actions are very dangerous.
"It is not really a physical issue, more about our positioning and inability to read the game at 1-0 or 1-1. This is part of football, mistakes happen. It is a defeat and we must move on, there's no other option."
With seven games to play, Luis Enrique side are now just six points ahead of second placed Atletico, with Madrid a further point back in third. Iniesta pointed out that the position was still not so bad, and said minds must quickly shift to Tuesday's Champions League quarterfinal first leg at home to Atletico Madrid.
"We are still in a privileged position," he said. "If we had won it would have been much clearer. It hurts us to lose, but we must think analyse things and think about Tuesday, when there is another competition."
Iniesta accepted it was a pity that an emotional night at the Camp Nou had not ended with a more fitting tribute for former Barca player, coach and spiritual leader Johan Cruyff, who was honoured before the game.
"More than winning or losing, there are situations which are much more important," he said. "We had all thought about that, and it is a pity it was not able to end with a victory."