Arturo Vidal feels he's starting to establish himself at Barcelona.

The midfielder arrived in the summer from Bayern Munich.

"There is an explanation for everything, as almost all the problems we are having have affected players who have gone away with their national teams," said Vidal.

"Players such as Arthur, who have gone from playing one competition to playing three, and changing the pace to go with the national team.

"It's not that we don't want the players to go away with the national team, but it is something that we have to pay a price for and, in this case, several players' injuries have coincided at the same time.

"Throughout the season there are casualties of all kinds, as we have played the last two games of the Champions League without Lionel Messi.

"In the previous match were cautious with [Philippe] Coutinho, but we think that he can play this time.

"We will see how Ivan [Rakitic] trains, but we are optimistic."