Aitana Bonmati after Manchester City - FC Barcelona on 09.10.2024

City did a very good match. We were not at our best level today and I want to congratulate City. I think they won a lot of duels today in the first half. Maybe in the second we were better. And they made a lot of chances and they deserved the victory today. Can you put specifically what was difficult? How did they disrupt Barcelona? You have not lost since February. I think the intensity, how they played today. They won a lot of duels to us. Maybe we were not so ready to win this kind of duels. We were not at our best today. We have to improve. We have to see the game and improve. Because it's the first game of the Champions League this year. I would like to value also the competition. Because it's not easy always to win the Champions League, to arrive at the final. Because in the past there are a lot of good teams like City today. We will have to improve. Often you face stronger teams in March, April, later on in the year. Is the timing of this game, given it's October and your league is perhaps against Granada, Madrid, you have beaten them 10-1, 8-1. Is it more difficult to come to a more intense team early on in the season? I don't want to put excuses. Of course, everyone knows my opinion about the league. But our match today is not about the league. It's about us. Because we didn't have our best performance. And we have to improve. It's not about October, it's not about the league. It's about because we were not at our best today. Aitana, it's the first game under a new coach in the Champions League. Is that making a lot of difference compared to last season? Every coach wants to have the style to play. But in Barca we always have the same style. We want to have the ball and create chances with the ball. Every coach is different, but the main style is the same. It's Women's Ballon d'Or again this month. Do you expect to win again? We'll see. It's not in my hands. It's about last season and I want to win one of Barca's players.