Former Barcelona and Argentina coach Cesar Luis Menotti has slammed Luis Enrique's team.

The Blaugrana may be within touching distance of Real Madrid at the top of the LaLiga table, but Menotti believes Los Blancos deserve to be further ahead.

"Barcelona rely too much on luck," he wrote in his weekly column for Sport.

"They keep winning without playing well and didn't play better than Atletico, yet they won.

"The worst thing is to deservedly lose and the best thing is to deservedly win, but winning by chance is suspect."

Concerned at their loss of identity and of control, the Argentine also criticised their over-reliance on individual magic.

"Barcelona used to be effective because they controlled the risks of a match even when being ambitious and taking the initiative," he explained.

"Now they rely too much on individual actions.

"Every action depends much more on individual rather than on the collective execution."