"I think we had so many scoring opportunities and efficiency in front of goal is very important at this level," Giroud said. "We gave our all, we were just missing something in the finishing.
He added, "We focused on this aspect in this match because if you let Madrid have the ball, it will create more problems for you. "We have had predisposition, and we were effective in our press. I am happy [about] the match."
Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernández has said that his team failed to beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Europa League, UEL, quarter-final first-leg tie on Thursday because the German club made it difficult for the LaLiga giants. Xavi explained that his players
"We have one game left to close the group stage and we hope to win," Cande said after his side's defeat to Equatorial Guinea on Thursday. Nigeria and Guinea- Bissau met in the qualifiers with both countries enjoying a win each.
He said: "We've had moments since the World Cup where we have not scored the goals we maybe should have. The first half was another example of that, where we were frustrated not to lead.
"We just try to play how we play. We did the same against Liverpool. "It's nice to get a reward for how you try to play but we won't get carried away."
Since we heard the news, we have been hanging our underwear in the bathroom; whether they get dry or not is no longer the issue. We sometimes use hot iron on them to get properly dry".
"We were up against it at that time against Chelsea, at 2-2, but the players stuck at it and got a good result." "We pushed hard, and we did a lot of good things. The players deserve a massive amount of credit," he added.
We started badly, they played comfortably. And then, in the second half, we changed and it was tough. "In extra time, nothing happened, but we had the success of the penalties."
Speaking at his post-match press conference after the game, Emery said: "To win here is not easy and if the match was going differently, we could have lost as well but I am happy because we were very competitive and good defensively."