Celta Vigo coach Rafa Benitez has told his players not to panic after last night's defeat at Las Palmas.

Celta are struggling under Benitez, though the veteran coach is adamant their performances deserve better results.

He said, "As a coach I am very sad to see that we do many things well and it doesn't come to us. It is very difficult to explain that you have chances and something always happens to you. For me it is positive that the team comes and creates chances, we lack success.

"What we have left is to continue working, reinforce the things we do well and correct those we don't. We have to tell the players that they have played very well."

Benitez also said: "Even so you react, you have the game under control and again it's a penalty, a ball, a foul. We ended up giving in a game that we had in our hands and in which we had enough chances to win it.

"I don't understand. Where is the foul? We'll have to play something else if that's a foul. Anyone can see it. There's no point in calling those things. It can't be, this is football. We're not talking about ping pong. We're constantly rowing against the current."