Espanyol Denies Neymar was subjected to racist chants

Joan Collet has slammed Barça for accusing Espanyol of being overly aggressive during the 0-0 draw on Saturday afternoon, responding with an accusation of his own.

The Espanyol president came out fighting: "It's outrageous for Barcelona to say there was violence out on the pitch. What they want to do is to influence the referee ahead of the cup tie [the first leg of which is this Wednesday, 6th January] and for us to get two men sent off by the 20th minute".

Collet also denied that Neymar had been subjected to racist chanting: "That's a lie. The fans behaved impeccably. I wish they'd leave us alone".