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Barcelona coach Xavi happy with Real Betis rout: But we must also do better

Barcelona coach Xavi demanded better after their 5-0 rout of Real Betis.

Joao Felix, Joao Cancelo, Ferran Torres, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha struck for the hosts.

Xavi later said: "We have to improve in everything, we cannot concede so much in defence, we cannot forget that they could have scored 0-1 against us and we must not slow down. Sometimes they dominated us and that cannot be.

"I am happy, very satisfied to see how everyone plays with this joy, with very good feelings and I see that the people have had a good time. This looked like the Camp Nou today. We have minimized a great team and I am very happy.

"It is ideal that all the top players score, four, all except Lamine; a goal from a free kick that we hadn't scored in two or three seasons; five goals at home; we haven't conceded, although we have conceded some transitions."

Xavi added, "We had worked on pressure and getting the ball out, Cancelo was good in stealing the 1-0 and Uri in the quick cross to Joao Félix.

"We worked for Cancelo to be an inside winger, we were looking for superiority inside and we have found it. If we are more positional we will attack better."

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