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Valencia coach Baraja: We'll take point from Villarreal draw

Valencia coach Ruben Baraja says he was satisfied with the point after their 1-1 draw with Villarreal on Wednesday night.

Nicolas Jackson had the visitors ahead before Samuel Lino found an equaliser for Los Che.

Baraja said, "This draw is not what we were looking for. Then, as the game went by, we worked well and we had our moments. The point has its value. Our job was to give it our all and give everything today against a great side, and I think that we have done it. The effort has been tremendous and we must congratulate the players for how they played, for the passion and heart they have put into the game today.

"The difference that this game had was that Villarreal have a lot of quality. They touch push you back with possession. We couldn't lose shape. If we had played the game in a back-and-forth exchange, they have a lot of danger up front. In the first half It was more about control and then in the second half we tried to modify things to go forward.

"In the moment when we were better, they made it 0-1 and the team's response was magnificent in terms of their mentality. We used a high press and got the equaliser -and could have won. If you can't win, drawing is always positive."

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