Barcelona coach Xavi hailed Ronald Araujo and Frenkie de Jong for Sunday's win at Villarreal.
Pedri grabbed the winner for the visitors.
Araujo was the standout performer in defence, of whom the coach said that "he is the player who has grown the most with the ball, he is extraordinary" and he also dedicated great praise to Frenkie de Jong, who played as a pivot in place of Sergi Busquets.
"The key is the confidence we give him, how he feels, he is happy and very important in the team. He is a complete player," said the coach.
In any case, Xavi wanted to talk a lot about the block and pointed out that "the first defender is Lewandowski, followed by Gavi, Raphinha, the midfielders, a splendid Ter Stegen, with a clean sheet again. Kessie, I don't know how many kilometres he run?"