Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde eased injury concerns for Lionel Messi after went off at halftime for victory over Villarreal.
Returning to action this week, Messi appeared to injure himself.
"When something happens to Messi the world stops," Valverde said.
"But it doesn't seem to be anything more than a nuisance in the adductor.
"We took him off as a precaution."
Barcelona earned the points, but they didn't impress at the Camp Nou. Nonetheless, Valverde was pleased to get the win.
"The first thing is, as always, to win," he explained. "I think we're playing well at home. Today was tough.
"We had a moment in the first half wherein we weren't good.
"But we're good at home. We have to see if we can add to it away from home, too."
