Guardiola: No room for Barca error

Pep Guardiola says Barcelona have no room for error as they strive to emulate their treble success of 2009.

Barca have already set up a Copa del Rey final showdown with Athletic Bilbao, but they trail Real Madrid by four points in La Liga.

On Wednesday they travel to face Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Guardiola has repeatedly claimed Barca will not retain their domestic crown, although they have recovered a 10-point deficit from Real in the last month.

“Is winning the Liga still possible? You know what I think – We’ll just try to stay in contention for as long as we can,” he said.

“But if we make a mistake, we’re out, both in the league and in Europe.”

Before Barcelona travel to Stamford Bridge for the Chelsea clash, they must deal with a La Liga match away to Levante.

And Guardiola insists domestic concerns are the immediate priority.

“We can’t think about the game against Chelsea just yet,” he said.

“The only way to do a good job is to go game by game.”

Guardiola resisted the temptation to be drawn into a debate with Aitor Karanka after the Real Madrid assistant coach claimed his team’s star forward Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Barca man Lionel Messi.

“I have no problem with him thinking that,” Guardiola said.

“We’re just lucky to see such good players in action.”