Luis Enrique: Barca made too many errors, but should be

 

The Blaugrana boss is targeting Champions League glory after watching his team ease past Pep Guardiola's men to reach the final

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique was quick to forgive a sub-standard defensive display from his side after watching them ease past Bayern Munich and into the Champions League final on Tuesday.

Barca had not coneded in any of their previous seven games heading into the clash at the Allianz Arena, but were uncharacteristically sloppy at the back against Pep Guardiola's men. However, a 3-2 defeat was enough to see them through 5-3 on aggregate and they will now meet either Real Madrid or Juventus in the final in Berlin on June 6.

Mehdi Benatia nodded in unmarked to give Bayern an early lead, only for two Neymar goals to put the visitors back in control. 

Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller made the most of more lax defending to hand Bayern the win on the night but Luis Enrique was in a generous mood afterwards.

"The match in the first half was under control. In the second, we made several errors but they were down to the scoreline and fatigue," he told reporters. 

"It is a night to be happy.

"The target is completed and now the goal is to win the Champions League title."

The former Barca and Real Madrid midfielder admitted the second half had been a struggle with Bayern going all out for an unlikely victory but, in truth, his team always had enough in hand.

He added: "We forced the opponent to attack us, so we took some risks.

"Bayern were very physical, especially in the second half, they really wanted to turn it around.

"I am very satisfied with the performance of my players, the whole team deserved the victory and we have to enjoy this."