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Gerard Pique relieved with Barcelona’s away victory over Mallorca

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With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique hitting the back of the net, the Catalan club registered their seventh successive La Liga victory. 
After overcoming their mid season hiccups, Pep Guardiola is running a well-oiled Barcelona machine churning up one win after another - a fact learned the hard way by Mallorca boss, Joaquin Caparros.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring for the Catalan side with an exquisite free-kick in the first half. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara headed for an early bath, picking up his second booking after the interval.
Prolific centre-back, Gerard Pique, added to his tally of 17 goals from 228 competitive matches to calm Pep Guardiola’s nerves on the bench.
After the match, the former Manchester United player talked about the uphill task his team were left with without Alcantara and how much the three points meant for Barcelona in their La Liga title challenge.
The prodigal defender also took out time to talk about La Blaugrana’s strategy for the match after going a man down, and praised his teammates for the hard work they put in to win all three points.
Continuing on the topic, Pique added that Barcelona needed the win and should be happy with the result.
Talking about the succession of victories Pep Guardiola’s men have enjoyed since mid-February, the stopper believes they have reinforced their morale in a tiring season.
"It was very hard to win, especially with 10 men,” the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 international is quoted as saying according to Barcelona’s official website after the game.
“The three points are very important and we deserved them.”
“We tried to control the match; they wanted to equalise, but we played well with 10 players and the most important thing is that our title hopes are still alive.”
"All that really matters is winning and we’ve managed to earn a great victory. Winning matches in La Liga and Champions League reinforces out morale."
Barcelona return their attention to UEFA Champions League and take on the challenge of AC Milan as they travel to the San Siro for the European fixture. 

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