Ter Stegen: We have to put aside the ghosts & not put pressure on ourselves

Marc-André ter Stegen assessed Barcelona's 1-0 win in Porto beyond the game they played, which on this occasion was not as brilliant as the Blaugrana side would have liked.

The German played the role of captain and sent out two messages: firstly, that to win titles you have to suffer. The second, that there is no need to put more pressure on yourself than necessary.

"Yes. It was a hard-fought victory, but in the end what matters is that we took three points away from home and took another step towards our objective, which is to win every game and take all 18 points," said Ter Stegen.

"Sometimes you have to suffer, not play so well and win. You have to improve things and this is the way."

The goalkeeper referred to the message from his coach, Xavi Hernández, in the run-up to the game, in which he stressed that it was a game to banish ghosts in the Champions League after two seasons in which the team was unable to get past the group stage.

"We have to put aside the ghosts, it's not necessary to put pressure on ourselves," he added. "We have a different team, we played a more or less good game, above all we were good in defence, although we had a few mistakes at the end."