The Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has surprisingly praised the Real Madrid midfielder Mesut Ozil. The German midfielder is regarded as one of the best in the Spanish league at the moment. Despite Real Madrid struggling this season, Ozil have been one of the best players in the league. He has been able to hold first-team spot despite challenge from the summer signing Luka Modric. Ozil has made 21 appearances in all competitions for Real Madrid this season. He has scored four goals in these matches. Even though Fabregas has made less appearances than Ozil, the former Arsenal man has been able to score more goals for Barcelona due to his higher position up the field.

Fabregas has said that he is an admirer of Ozil and he would one day like to play alongside the German midfielder. He has said that one of the reasons for this admiration is the fact that Ozil place in a similar manner to what he used to do at Arsenal. Fabregas had a free role during his final few years at Arsenal. He was extremely effective in this role at not only creating chances, but also scoring goals as well. He is trying to find a similar role at Barcelona under the management of Tito Vilanova.

“I admire him (Ozil) a lot. I can relate to him because he plays in that roaming attacking midfield role that I played in at Arsenal and I think we would play well together. I can relate to him, we’re very similar,” said the Barcelona midfielder about the Real Madrid midfielder Ozil. However, there have been very few transfers between the two clubs in the history. This coupled with the fact that Fabregas has made his desire of staying at Barcelona forever makes it difficult to see them united in one team.

The Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has revealed that he is extremely impressed by the class of Barcelona in recent weeks. The club have been an excellent run of form in the first half of the season, but they have been even better since the winter break. As a result, they proudly sit top of the la Liga table 18 points ahead of their arch rivals Real Madrid, while they are yet to lose a match in the domestic league. After starting the season on the bench, Fabregas has found lot of first-team opportunities in recent weeks and he has played a starring role for the team.

Fabregas has said that usually a winter break works against the team because it spoils the rhythm of the team, but he is extremely happy to know that

Barcelona has secured its 13^th victory in the ongoing La Liga by defeating Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona thrashed Bilbao by a huge margin of 5-1. This is the best ever start for Barcelona in La Liga. The previous best was in 1991-92 season when Barcelona had won 12 out of its first 14 matches.

Lionel Messi was again the main contributor in Barcelona’s victory. The Argentinean scored a brace which was his 11^th brace in the season. He is now only two goals away from breaking Gerd Muller’s world record of scoring the maximum number of goals in a calendar year. Muller had scored 85 goals in 1972 and Messi has already scored 84 goals this year.

Messi has scored 28 goals in the ongoing season so far out of which 21 have been scored in La Liga. He is currently the leading goal scorer in the ongoing La Liga.

Apart from Messi, the other three goal scorers for Barcelona in the match against Bilbao were Adriano, Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas. Now, Barcelona is 11 points ahead of its arch rivals and defending champions Real Madrid.

In the post match press conference, Tito Vilanova said, “I am proud of my team. It was an amazing performance. We just demolished them. The attitude of the team was fantastic. Even after getting ahead by 5-1, the boys didn’t relax and were trying to score another goal till the very last minute which was really heartening to see.”

Fabregas also looked delighted after this victory. The Spaniard said, “It was a great day for us. Each and every player of the team gave his best and that’s why we won by such a big margin.”

Barcelona will play its next match against Benfica on Wednesday.