Typically, the astute former Barcelona youth teamer played down the controversy and put his finger on the reasons why he was not shining the way he had done at the London club.
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"You have to analyse the way we play for the national team," he said.
"At Arsenal there is only one channel between the defence and attack and that is me, so I'm involved in practically all the attacks, but here there are more variations, more ways of attacking.
"It's is up to me to adapt but after over two years with the national team I think I've done pretty well. Good players have to be able to adapt to any type of football."
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