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Pep Guardiola: La Liga will be "difficult"

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Pep Guardiola admits it will be a big ask for Barcelona to retain La Liga after they dropped more points on the road at Osasuna.

Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola has conceded that it will be difficult for his team to defend their La Liga crown following the 3-2 defeat at Osasuna.

Real Madrid play Levante at home on Sunday evening and a win for the Galácticos will open up a 10-point lead at the top of the table.

Guardiola told reporters on Friday that the title race was not over. However, following the defeat at Estadio Reyno de Navarra, he has admitted that it will be difficult to overtake Jose Mourinho's men.

"Win the title? Well, we will try to defend our Champions League crown and then attempt to negotiate each match in La Liga," said Guardiola.

"We will see what happens. But we are a significant distance behind which I guess will increase on Sunday. The league will be more difficult for us now.

"In the second half tonight we did well on this pitch but we should have done better in the first half. It was hard for us to get into this game but we have to congratulate Osasuna."

The Catalan side have dropped 16 La Liga points on their travels this season.

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1Barcelona18122450203038
2Atletico MadridAtletico17115131112038
3Real Madrid17114237162137
4Athletic Bilbao1896327161133
5Mallorca188371821-327
6Villarreal167542827126
7Real Sociedad177461611525
8Osasuna176742225-325
9Real BetisBetis176652021-124
10GironaGirona176472325-222
11Sevilla176471823-522
12Celta Vigo176382528-321
13Rayo Vallecano165561819-120
14Las PalmasLas Palmas175482227-519
15Leganes174671523-818
16Getafe173771114-316
17AlavesAlaves174491928-916
18Espanyol1642101528-1314
19Real ValladolidValladolid1733111234-2212
20Valencia152491323-1010
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