Dani Alves laughs off Barcelona criticism

Barcelona defender Dani Alves feels that the Catalan outfit have not been given credit for their success this season.

By Matt Law, Football Editor | 31 March 2014

Barcelona defender Dani Alves has claimed that the Spanish champions are currently in a lose-lose situation.

The Catalan outfit have been heavily criticised this season each time they have suffered a defeat.

Meanwhile, refereeing inconsistencies have been mentioned in recent impressive wins, including their 4-3 success over Real Madrid in El Clasico earlier this month.

"Referee accusations are a motivation," he told reporters at a press conference.

"It is customary for our wins to be dressed up like this. It seems that's part of our life.

"If we win it is because of referees and if we lose it is because the cycle is over. We are above this and it does not affect us. Arguing is what they want.

"After the Clasico, the press were discussing our penalties while they kept quiet about Madrid's penalty, the only one that wasn't one."

Barcelona face Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	33	26	6	1	71	22	49	84
2	Barcelona	33	22	7	4	68	39	29	73
3	Girona Girona	33	22	5	6	69	40	29	71
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	33	20	4	9	62	39	23	64
5	Athletic Bilbao	33	16	10	7	53	33	20	58
6	Real Sociedad	33	13	12	8	46	35	11	51
7	Real Betis Betis	33	12	13	8	41	39	2	49
8	Valencia	33	13	8	12	37	38	-1	47
9	Villarreal	33	12	9	12	54	55	-1	45
10	Getafe	33	10	13	10	41	45	-4	43
11	Osasuna	33	11	6	16	37	49	-12	39
12	Sevilla	33	9	11	13	42	46	-4	38
13	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	33	10	7	16	30	41	-11	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	33	7	13	13	27	42	-15	34
16	Mallorca	33	6	14	13	27	39	-12	32
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	33	4	14	15	23	46	-23	26
19	Granada	33	4	9	20	36	61	-25	21
R	Almeria	33	1	11	21	32	67	-35	14