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Barcelona defender Mathieu insists no Enrique row

Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu insists there's no row with coach Luis Enrique.

Mathieu admitted he was surprised at being deployed at left-back in defeat at Real Madrid, having impressed at the heart of the Barcelona defence early in the season.

Enrique responded by saying if Mathieu was surprised, "we should all pack up and go home".

Mathieu addressed the matter at a press conference on Friday lunchtime, and was quoted by the Spanish press as saying: "It was a comment I did not say with any controversy.

"When I signed, we talked about who could play both central and at full-back. I just said that I was surprised to be playing in that position.

"(But) it is the coach who decides, and if he says I have to play there again, I'll play."

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