Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic was delighted with their comfortable 3-1 win at Granada yesterday.

Rakitic opened the scoring in the triumph.

"It was a very difficult match and Granada created a lot of problems for us. But we did a good job and I think we deserved the win … The pitch wasn't easy to play on but we managed to make our identity show and worked hard from start to finish. We have to keep improving but we're on the right track.

"When you score and make an assist you feel better, but I have always felt good here."

As for celebrating the goal with Marc André Ter-Stegen, he explained that "he is always telling me that I'm going to score. We are like a family here, we all get on with each other and there's a great team atmosphere."