Barcelona center back Gerard Piqué believes that the Catalan derby against Espanyol will be a difficult challenge for his team as they look to move an inch closer to the La Liga title.

"Espanyol will be really difficult as it's the Catalunya derby game," he told ITV Sport. "We know that, if we don't win, Madrid can go ahead of us in La Liga, and we have to try to avoid that."

“I think we are getting better and better. We are playing good football," he commented. “Up front we have three players who are really, really good."

"When one of them doesn't score, one of the other two does. We know that if we defend well, then we will score goals. We are playing at a good level and we have to keep playing like this."