Barcelona head coach Ernest Valverde commented on the controversial episode in a duel with Alaves.

On the eve of Barcelona in the 21 round of the La Liga home beat Alaves with a score of 2: 1.

In one of the episodes of the match, the ball after the impact of the player Alavesa fell into the hands of the defender of the Catalans Samuel Umtiti, but the chief referee of the match Ignacio Villanueva ignored this incident without appointing an 11-meter kick.

With the decision of the judge completely agree and Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde.

"In my opinion, Umtiti played a hand unintentionally," - began Valverde.

"In order to avoid contact with the ball, it remained only to cut off his hand. After the match, Samuel confirmed that his actions were unintentional ".

"Sometimes judges make decisions in your favor, and sometimes everything is the other way around".

"The fight turned out to be very difficult for us, because towards the end of the match Alaves was getting deeper into the defense and playing more compactly. To recoup and snatch victory was not easy, "- concluded Ernesto.

As a result of 21 rounds, Barcelona kept a lead in 9 points from going second in the standings Atletico Madrid. On account of the Catalans 57 credits.