9.45pm – Valverde not happy
Coach Ernesto Valverde has criticised the pitch at Real Valladolid after Barcelona scraped to a 1-0 victory.
6.35pm – Valladolid deserved a point, says Sergio
Real Valladolid coach Sergio Gonzalez said after the 1-0 defeat to Barcelona that he thought his team had deserved to walk away with a draw.
Watch his post-match comments here.
5.10pm – Barcelona v Real Valladolid post-match statistics
Ousmane Dembele scored the only goal as La Liga champions Barcelona survived a late VAR scare to claim a hard-fought 1-0 win at promoted Real Valladolid.
Here are some stats from the game.
1:50 – Pique hits out at La Liga organisers
Barcelona centre-back Gerard Pique hit out at La Liga organisers after his team edged to victory over Valladolid on a “lamentable” pitch.
12:00 – Valverde says pitch conditions played a major part
The players were seen struggling as the newly laid turf began cutting up during the match at the Estadio Jose Zorrilla, with Valverde saying he had not seen anything like it “for a long time”.
The Barca coach blamed the state of the surface for making it difficult for his players to launch a counter attack and find a second goal.