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Sergio Busquets has hit back at Manchester
City following their criticism of referee Jonas Eriksson's performance in
Barcelona's 2-0 Champions League win at the Etihad on Wednesday by stating
"excuses are for losers".
City manager Manuel Pellegrini accused the
Swedish official of favouring Barcelona after the Catalan club secured a 2-0
win in the first leg of the sides' UEFA Champions League round-of-16 tie on
Tuesday.
Eriksson sent Martin Demichelis off early
in the second half and awarded a penalty for a challenge on Lionel Messi when
the initial contact appeared to have been made outside the area.
"The excuses when you lose are for
losers," he told reporters. "Is better [to] forget and focus on the
next match."
Pellegrini claimed that Swedish official
Eriksson did not have control of the game and sided with Spanish champions to
redeem him after failing to award them a penalty in a game against Milan at the
same stage last year.
Uefa are investigating the Chilean's
post-match comments and Busquets accused City of sour grapes following their
reaction to the defeat which leaves the Premier League club's Champions League
hopes hanging by a thread.
"I think that we have been winning
everything without any difficulties until not long ago," he continued.
"I think that the referees make mistakes frequently. Sometimes those
mistakes are good for you and other times are bad.
"They give more importance to an error
on our behalf, in any game or any result. That happened a few days ago against
Manchester City.
"You have to leave the referees do their
job. Sometimes their mistakes will be on your behalf and some others not."
The two sides lock horns in the second leg
at Camp Nou on March 12.
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