Guadiola critical despite 5 goals scored at Tenerife

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FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was critical after his team trounced Tenerife 0-5.

Leo Messi produced another of his world class performances by scoring a hat-trick assisted by Barca prodigy Bojan Krkic. Captain Carles Puyol netted a header and late sub Pedro cooked the 5th to close the scoresheet.

However, Guardiola wasn’t happy with Barca performance and the way his team struggled with the hosts in the 1st half when FC Barcelona goalkeeper, Victor Valdes, had to be called to rescue.

“Until we scored our first goal there was only one team on the pitch: Tenerife”, said Guardiola after the match.

“Tenerife could have been up by 2 or 3, but luckily for us, that didn’t happen. They pressured us high and man marked our key players and that forced us to use some longer passing. By starting games the way we did at Tenerife, we are not going to win anything this season and we have to be more careful. In the end we were more effective in front of goal and that decided the game,” concluded Guardiola, and also praised Tenerife coach Jose Luis Oltra, by saying: “his work was magnificent”.

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