Barcelona forward Luis Suarez said his team were "more united than ever" as they bounced back from a bad run with Wednesday's 8-0 La Liga win at Deportivo La Coruna.
Barca went to Depor having taken just one point from their last four La Liga games -- as a previously sizeable lead was eaten into almost completely by challengers Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, and their "double treble" hopes ended with a Champions League exit to Atletico.
Recent days had also brought speculation of discord among the Blaugrana camp, with some reports saying the squad were unhappy with coach Luis Enrique, and others that Neymar's off-pitch distractions were an issue.
There was no sign of any such problems as Suarez found the net on four occasions, while also assisting strikes from Ivan Rakitic, Lionel Messi and Neymar, with defender Marc Bartra also getting on the scoresheet.
The former Liverpool striker said after the game that Barca's players were not machines and had the right to make mistakes from time to time.
"Games must be played, we are human beings, we are not machines," Suarez told Marca. "We can make mistakes and have a bad game. This serves to show that we are more united than ever."
Suarez himself had gone three league games without scoring, his longest such run at Barcelona since September 2015. But he now has 49 goals in 48 games this season -- matching his best-ever season total from his days with Ajax.
"This serves to get three points and help the team, which was coming from a difficult moment," he said when asked about his own personal performance. "That is what is important."
Taking so many of the chances they created, unlike during last weekend's 2-1 home defeat to Valencia, made the victory even sweeter, Suarez said.
"We had to win, but playing in the way we played makes you even more happy," he said. "To score goals, after the other day having missed so many chances, is something positive."
Suarez said that Barca's fans had been warned that the team would not stroll to the La Liga title, but he was confident the team would now do enough over the final four games to hold off Atletico and Real and lift the trophy.
"It is a way for the fans to see that this is not so easy, that games are there to be played," he said. "We know that we depend on ourselves and working as we work, we are convinced that it will bear fruit. This is a good sign."