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Barcelona defender Sergi Roberto has claimed that luck has been on Real Madrid's side so far this season.

After the Blaugrana derby win, the capital club are currently three points clear of their rivals in the LaLiga title race with a game in hand after an unbeaten start to the campaign.

"I think that they have had a bit of luck so far," Sergi Roberto told RAC1. "They have been scoring goals in the last minute and it is clear that a game doesn't end in the last minute of course. But they have been managing to score then through fouls or corners."

The right-back also confessed that he hoped to see Lionel Messi pen a new deal at the club soon and insisted that there was only one clear winner of the Ronaldo-Messi debate.

"Leo wouldn't be happier than he is here," smiled Sergi Roberto. "He is a close friend of Luis Suarez and he has just renewed so he should follow.

"I don't think that you can compare Ronaldo or anyone else to Messi.

"Ballon d'Or aside, everyone knows that Messi is the best and that he is light years away from the rest."