Hansi Flick expressed his joy in seeing his ideas and attacking philosophy that slowly took shape after Barcelona's 4-1 thrashing of Girona on Sunday.
Ladislav Krejci's own goal gave Barcelona a lead in the first half, but Arnaut Danjuma brought the scores to balance the game eight minutes after the restart.
But the LaLiga leaders used their abundance of attacking options to take control of the game, with Robert Lewandowski weakening a brace to undoubtedly put the result.
Ferran Torres continued his recent run with the ultimate goal of the game, with this result the 20th game in all competitions that Barcelona scored four or more times.
In all competitions, Flick's Side also scored 139 goals in 45 games this season. No team from Laliga has ever scored in 45 games of a campaign.
“This reflects our idea, we want to attack. We want to create opportunities – not just opportunities to score, but to constantly create opportunities,” Flick told reporters.
“That's what I like about this team, it's what we always want. They always want to score goals.
“When you look at our counterattack, I not only saw the striker or the attacking midfielder, but even (central midfielder), Frenkie de Jong was very quickly.”
But Girona's defense held a large part of the first half, with goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga made different saves to keep the margin until just one during the break.
“I think the first half was very good. Maybe we missed one or two goals (the chance to score), but we have to admit that Girona defended very well,” said Flick.
“They know how to keep the ball, they are in excellent possession.”
Lewandowski turned out to be the hero of Barcelona again this season and brought his count over all competitions to 38 goals and is at the front in the LaLiga scor cards.
Kylian Mbappe had closed the post with his brace against Leganes and set him to 22 league goals, but Lewandowski was able to restore his pillow of three goals.
“I know that Lewandowski wants to win the Pichichi (prize for the top scorer),” said Flick.
“But the most important thing is that the team wins. At the start of the season I gave him my full confidence.
“Lewandowski scores crucial goals this season. I don't like to talk about individual players, but he is a special player.
“I am also very happy for Ferran (Torres), it was a very important goal.”
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With nine games left, Barcelona are three points free from Real Madrid in the table, although the Clasico rivals will have a competition match in the coming weeks.
Many believe that the game will decide in May where the LaLiga trophy will end this season, but Flick only concentrated on taking the matches one by one.
“There is still a long way to go for El Clasico. We will have to show our strength, and it will not be easy,” said Flick.
“This competition season can cause some nice surprises and that is good for the competition.”
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