China Daily (Hong Kong)

Enrique homes in how Barca can revitalize season

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picking up points.

“The only chance we have to turn the situation around is to win every game we have left and to put pressure on them.

“We need to improve, above all, our numbers at home.”

Ramos once again rode to Madrid’s rescue with a key goal when they needed it most.

The Spain internatio­nal headed home a Luka Modric corner in similar circumstan­ces to lead Los Blancos to a 10th European Cup in 2014.

Barca looked to have breathed new life into the title race with a much-improved second-half display following a tense first 45 minutes with few chances at either end.

Luis Suarez headed the host in front from Neymar’s fine free-kick eight minutes after the break.

However, the normally lethal Neymar and Lionel Messi both fired off target with just Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas to beat and the Catalans were left to pay a heavy price.

“The second half was completely different,” added Enrique.

“We closed the space between the lines, went ahead from a set-piece, we had the ball and tried to score the second.

“And we almost didn’t even give away a chance against an opponent of that quality.

“We had two huge chances to kill the game with Leo and Ney, but that is football.

“It is a huge blow for all of us but we have only played 14 games in the league and there is a long way to go.”

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