Barcelona coach Quique Setien was delighted with their 4-1 win against Villarreal.
Setien switched his tactics against Villarreal, playing Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann in a more central attack.
"The other day, we tried something similar with Riqui Puig and we liked it," the Barcelona boss explained.
"[MSG] linked up extraordinarily well and we endangered their centre-backs and their holding midfielders.
"We were able to make progress on the wings when attracting people inside.
"They did well, they have lots of quality.
"It was what we were looking for, endanger them in central areas and have presence and threat.
"Before their equaliser, we scored the goal and had a few clear chances.
"We go away happy and sure that we had a great game and they enjoyed it."
So, why haven't Barcelona played like that before?
"Every match is different," Setien noted.
"Everything went out way today.
"We played well, overloaded them in central areas, made progress out wide, were a goal threat with shots.
"There are other teams that have made it more difficult for us because they are very solid in defence.
"Maybe [Villarreal] were less so. The intention [to play well] has always existed. Maybe we surprised our opponent.
"We played out from the back well, we scored early, we found the second... this helps.
"I'd have liked to have finished like that in every match, but it's not an exact science."
