David Villa spoke on the Barça TV programme “El Marcador” after Saturday night’s game and expressed his satisfaction with both his own and the team’s performance as a whole and reckons: “if I can avoid injuries, this season could be even better than last year for me”.

Goals = confidence

Villa has now scored in each of the last two games –against Milan and Osasuna – and admits that “you always need goals” for your confidence, because: “when you’re scoring you work in a different way. Goals are really important for your confidence and an 8-0 win is an enormous boost”. Villa is aware that his scoring is just a part of the whole collective effort though: “now I have to keep on working to score more goals that will help the team achieve more victories”.

Villa reckons that Barça:”put in a real big game” against Osasuna and that “the three important points will send us home happy and improve our self esteem if we need to ahead of the complicated game at Mestalla on Wednesday”.

Cesc brings something special

Villa also spoke about Cesc’s progress at the Club and the great understanding he has already built with Messi: “although he has been away for a long time, he’s from here and he’s got the Club and the Masia in his blood and in his legs! Everybody knows that gives him an extra something – he was a great player at Arsenal and with all the great players around him here, we knew what he could bring and he’s showing that”.