Luis Enrique was left frustrated as Barcelona missed the chance to move temporarily top of La Liga after being held to a goalless draw by Malaga on Saturday.

Barca were without Lionel Messi -- who dropped out on the morning of the game after vomiting through the night on Friday -- as well as Luis Suarez and Andres Iniesta, but they still had the better of the chances at Camp Nou.

However, they were unable to break down a Malaga side who ended the game with nine men and sat deeper than even Luis Enrique had imagined.

"We are disappointed," he conceded in his postgame news conference. "We didn't expect them to be so deep.