Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde insists they deserved their victory over Sevilla.

Barca weren't at their best for the 2-1 win on Saturday.

Valverde said, "First of all, you have to try to win, but we try to do that though dominating games, through high pressure and through winning the ball back. What we're not going to do is apologise for winning.

"At the moment we are top of the league, we're not dropping points and we go into the international break in good spirits. We have a difficult schedule ahead of us and to continue where we are then we have to be strong."