Pep Guardiola let his players take the praise after their 5-0 demolition of Atletico Madrid on Saturday evening at Camp Nou, while stating that his team had not worked any harder than they did when claiming recent draws against Real Sociedad, Milan and Valencia.
A superb Lionel Messi hat-trick, an own-goal from Miranda and David Villa's strike gave the Catalan outfit a resounding win following the midweek 2-2 draw at the Mestalla.
The victory maintains the side's 100 per cent record at home in La Liga this season and Guardiola was keen to step away from the plaudits.
"The credit goes entirely to the players. They worked as hard as they did in the Anoeta Stadium, Milan and the Mestalla. Today we were better than Atletico Madrid," Guardiola told reporters after the game.
Guardiola was also keen to state that his side's dominance was helped by their ability to keep Radamel Falcao quiet, who has scored five goals in Liga so far this season.
"We tried to remove the ball from the danger area as much as possible because Falcao does not make mistakes in those kind of situations," he added.
The 40-year-old tactician also stated that he was "satisfied" to keep a clean sheet after leaking two goals midweek against Unai Emery's men.
Barcelona now travel to Belarus for their Champions League encounter against BATE Borisov with the two sides due to meet on Wednesday evening.
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