Barcelona coach Koeman welcomes back Fati for victory over Valencia | OneFootball

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman insists they deserved their 3-1 win against Valencia.

Koeman has insisted that he didn't see in real time the incident which saw his side awarded a penalty in their 3-1 LaLiga Santander win over Valencia, but he trusts the referee got the decision right as VAR did not intervene.

Valencia's players weren't happy with the decision, but replays seemed to indicate that Jesus Gil Manzano made the correct call, that Jose Gaya did indeed foul Ansu Fati.

"I saw [the penalty incident] after the game," Koeman said afterwards.

"You can have doubts, but the referee blew and VAR didn't intervene, so it's a penalty."

Aside from the win and racking up three vital points, the big news for Barcelona was arguably the return of Ansu Fati to the starting line-up and the young attacker performed excellently.

"We have a plan for his return," the coach said.

"Little by little he'll improve physically and he'll be important, as he showed today.

"It's important to have him, as we've missed players like him and Kun [Aguero], players who can give us competition and quality up top.

"[Ansu and Memphis Depay] are complementary, they have shown they have a great connection. The team was focused and then we played well.