Guardiola unhappy despite going top

(GSM) – Late goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Bojan Krkic secured a win over Osasuna for Barcelona on Wednesday night. The hard-fought three points got Los Blaugrana back at the top of the table.

Barca had been brilliant in the last three matches with astonishing performances from their Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi as they swept aside Valencia, VfB Stuttgart and Real Zaragoza in the space of a week, scoring 11 goals in the process.

The Catalans had to give their best against a well-drilled Osasuna, the last team to beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the league on the penultimate day of last season.

And with Messi not quite at his brilliant best from the past week, it was left to the much-criticised Ibrahimovic to rescue Barcelona from a potentially complicated situation.

“We struggled to tighten up and support each other. We lacked the fluency I had imagined. I have made a mistake, I imagined a game that has not happened. In the sixth minute I decided to change it. When Pedro plays with Dani (Alves), both are good,” admitted Barca coach Josep Guardiola.

On Ibrahimovic, Guardiola added: “When he scores we do well, because he is a goalscorer. His quality depends on himself and nobody else.”