Iniesta congratulates Madrid on title win

Barcelona did a stunning comeback win against Eibar after going 2 nil down but it was not enough to win the league.
Andres Iniesta graciously offered his
congratulations to Real Madrid after Barcelona
were dethroned as LaLiga champions on Sunday.
Barca fought back from two goals down to beat
Eibar 4-2 in Luis Enrique's final league game at
the helm, but Madrid's triumph over Malaga
ensured they seized the title.
"Well, we won. We did our homework, but Real
Madrid were better than us. Congratulations to
them," said Iniesta, who rejected the notion Barca
had initially been so wasteful in front of goal
because they were distracted by Zinedine Zidane's
side having taken an early lead.
He added: "No we didn't miss because of that. We
won. All the rest is irrelevant. It's a shame it
wasn't enough.
"We knew [the Madrid score] at half-time, but we
didn't know apart from that. We did the job, but we
couldn't depend just on ourselves, it was out of our
hands."
Luis Enrique can still sign off with silverware,
as Barca face Alaves in the Copa del Rey final next
weekend.
"Everyone is grateful for what Luis Enrique did and
now we are going to fight against Alaves next week
to finish the year as great as possible," said
Iniesta.
Takashi Inui's double had the hosts up against it at
Camp Nou, but David Junca's own goal cut the gap
and Luis Suarez levelled after Lionel Messi had
missed a penalty following Jordi Alba's blatant
dive.
Messi atoned by converting another spot-kick and
added his 37th LaLiga goal of the season with a
fine solo run and finish in stoppage time.