Luis Enrique plays down Neymar's heated last minutes

Brazilian winger Neymar is going through a rough week, the Barcelona justice system is demanding two years of jail-time for both him and his father and he still played a decent match against Celtic this Wednesday. But near the end of the match, he attempted to push for a yellow card that would get him suspended for a game and come clean into the next knock-out stage. But in doing so he did actually risk a red card and got himself into some trouble with Celtic players, Luis Enrique managed to see this on time and took him off the game. 

Then after the match he minimized the situation with the press, he said: "It was just the last five to 10 minutes there was an issue with regards to the crowd shouting. But the crowd were great, this is a great place to play. It was just handbags with a Celtic player. We changed him to give him a rest, but it was nothing tactical [to avoid a red card]."

Luis Enrique continued: "It was quite a hard game. We expected Celtic to press high. We were good at the break and improved as the game went on. It was a very difficult group and it was great to finish first with a game to spare. In one of the toughest groups, we have come top. I have to congratulate the team. In the first half I can't remember Celtic having a clear chance and Messi as usual was at a really high level."