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the Italian insisted that he had "good feelings" about how his team played for 60 minutes of the match.
"We are hurt, but it's better to have good feelings about how we played and with that in mind be confident going into the next games, both in the league and Champions League", observed Ancelotti.
"I am not happy with the result. The best thing I take away from this is how the team played", he reflected.
The manager lamented all the chances that his players created but were unable to convert in the first half.
"Two teams of great quality have faced each other. Ours were doing very well until the second goal and then it was very tough for us. We had good control of the game, very solid at the back. In the end, what we lacked was a little level-headedness to draw level", he said.
Ancelotti wants the good football that he saw at the Camp Nou to continue in la Liga, although he did admit that winning the league would be no easy feat as Barça now had a comfortable four-point lead.
"We have to continue as we played today. Of course, la Liga is now more complicated, but we're not giving up. The good things that we did in the first half have to carry on", he said.
The manager was adamant that "la Liga is not over", as "in football, anything can happen." "It's more difficult, but our aims remain the same: la Liga and the Champions League."
Regarding the differences that he saw in the two teams' games, he said, "We played better for an hour and then Barcelona was better on the counter. Good for them."
