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Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barcelona\u2019s LaLiga title hopes are salvageable but they can\u2019t afford any more slip-ups after being held away at Valencia last weekend, head coach Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Spanish champions\u2019 draw at the Mestalla saw them fall nine points behind surprise leaders Girona, while they are seven adrift of second-placed Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can still come back in LaLiga but we can\u2019t slip up anymore,\u201d Xavi said ahead of today\u2019s game at home to winless Almer\u00eda.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are paying for too many mistakes and losing too many points. We have to end the year positively and be even better in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cGirona \u2014 who I have already said are a direct rival \u2014 and Real Madrid aren\u2019t slipping up, but we just have to go step by step for now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Xavi has diagnosed the side\u2019s lack of a clinical edge as the biggest reason they have nine fewer points at this stage of the campaign than they did last year.<\/p>\n
The arrival of Brazil striker Vitor Roque from Athletico Paranaense in January could help in that respect, but Xavi warned against expecting too much from the 18-year-old immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t put pressure on Vitor \u2014 or on other young players like Lamine Yamal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery player has to step forward. What we are doing in the two boxes is making the difference, above all when we are attacking. We are not effective, but we can\u2019t [put that pressure] on Vitor.\u201d<\/p>\n
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