Defeat increases the pressure on coach Quique Setien, who took over in January with Barcelona sitting top of the table. Madrid pulled seven points clear of Barcelona ahead of Sunday's final round of games. "We didn't expect or want to finish like this but it almost sums up the whole year," said Messi. During the whole year we have been inconsistent and we have lost a lot of points where we shouldn't have. "After the break Madrid have not lost any games and they deserve credit for that but we have also helped them a lot," said Messi.

Source: Daily Nation July 17, 2020 09:00 UTC