Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova says La Liga is not easy and certainly not boring despite Sunday s 4-1 over second placed Atletico Madrid.
The league leaders opened a nine-point buffer over Atletico with the victory by scoring four straight goals through Adriano, Sergio Busquets as well as a brace from Lionel Messi.
Earlier, Falcao had given the visitors the lead but they could little to stop Vilanova s side from responding in lethal fashion and ultimately strolling to victory in the end.
The weekend also saw Real Madrid held to a 2-2 draw with Espanyol at the Bernabeu which leaves the defending champions a massive 13 points adrift of Barca the destiny of the trophy already appears decided.
We ve won a lot of points, but it hasn t been easy, Vilanova said after the match.
We ve had to battle back to win games and perhaps we won t be able to do that in the future.
La Liga is not easy, and it certainly isn t boring.
In my first year [2008/09] we were 12 points back and we had to go to the Bernabeu and play for the title. Now, there s a team that s only nine points behind us.
I don t think that this title is ours to lose. If there is a team that has the capacity to win a lot of points, and they overtake us, then they deserve the title. It happened in 2009 and it could happen again, Villanova said.
