Andres Iniesta wants his Barcelona teammates to quickly leave the Saturday’s “painful” La Liga 3-2 defeat in a match at Osasuna back for focusing on the Champions League midweek last 16 clash against Bayer Leverkusen.

This loss at Pamplona suggests now the Catalans have a lot to climb for retaining their Spanish La Liga title. The leaders of this event Real Madrid currently are in the right position to extend their lead sitting at the prime position of table.

Real Madrid are 10 points ahead of Barcelona as they tasted win against Levante on Sunday at Santiago Bernabeu.

Iniesta admitted freely his team is hurting presently but realizes they can ill afford to the wallow in the self-pity for defending the European crown successfully.

He remarked, “It’s a painful loss. We reacted [during the second half] but it wasn’t enough.”

He added, “We have to keep on fighting until the end [but] now we have to prepare for the Champions League match.”

Fellow team player Isaac Cuenca pointed that the belief of Barcelona in themselves is not affected due to the damaging loss at Reyno de Navarra.

The striker commented, “We’re going to Leverkusen with a lot of enthusiasm to try and win. We know what kind of team we are and we must keep on battling.”

Following the trip on Tuesday to Germany the Barcelona team returns to the La Liga event for a clash against Valencia next weekend at Nou Camp.