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Ernesto Valverde was fuming with the referee after Barcelona’s 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo yesterday.
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Barcelona were 2-1 up at the Nou Camp when Luis Suarez had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside.
The decision came just days after Lionel Messi had a certain goal ruled out by the officials in the clash with Valencia.
Maxi Gonzalez then equalised for Celta Vigo with 20 minutes left.
And the away side held on for a point.
“You always want the controversy to benefit you and make mistakes to go in your favour,” Valverde said.
“But we hope that in the next refereeing decision they don’t make a mistake
“I’ll keep quiet. This isn’t exactly something that has not happened to me before.”
Meanwhile Samuel Umtiti is the latest Barca player to fall victim to a niggling problem, after he pulled up with a hamstring strain. And he is expected to be out for up to two months.
It is a massive blow for Barcelona, who will now likely bring Javier Mascherano into the defence just a day after he confirmed he wants to leave the club.
Mascherano has lost his place to Umtiti this season and, even though he is contracted to the club until 2019, wants out next summer.
Umtiti’s absence is a big boost for Real, who face Barca in a crunch Clasico tie on 23 December.
Barca are 11 points ahead of Real in the title race but a win for Los Blancos would give them hope heading into Spain’s winter break.
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