Luis Enrique leapt to Douglas's defence after the Brazilian picked up an injury against Villanovense which will see him miss the next two months of the season.

"He's so unlucky. He played 80 minutes or so with a broken bone. That's just how eager he is to play and turn his situation around", said the Barça boss.

"Had we known that... it made no sense having a player out on the pitch with a broken bone. We needed an X-ray machine", Luis Enrique joked.