Jordi Alba: Beating Real Madrid like winning the Champions League

Barcelona defender Jordi Alba has equated the feeling of beating Real Madrid in El Clasico to winning the Champions League.

The left-back put in a superb display as the Catalan giants defeated a lacklustre Madrid 5-1 in Sunday’s clash at the Camp Nou.

“To beat Real Madrid is a similar feeling to winning the Champions League,” Alba told reporters, as cited by Diario AS.

“I celebrated the goals a lot because they mean a lot to me and especially the third because we had to suffer a lot in the first period of the second half.

“I am really happy with my performances and everything else in my life, I feel like this is a really good time for me.

“Lionel Messi? We will always miss him of course but we have beaten Inter and Madrid without him, but we want him back on the pitch.

“We are on the right path and now we think about the Copa match and then Rayo.”

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