FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez heaped praise on his players following a 3-2 comeback win for the ages against Celta Vigo that fired the Catalans to the top of the La Liga table.

Xavi's men were fatigued and sluggish for the most part after three games in seven days, unable to replicate the "highest level" he had seen since taking over in November 2021 during back-to-back 5-0 wins over Real Betis and Royal Antwerp.

By Anastasios Douvikas' 76th minute strike to double the visitors' lead, the Blaugrana looked dead and buried.

Robert Lewandowski and his teammates has other ideas, however, with the Pole scoring in the 81st and 85th minutes ahead of Joao Cancelo netting in the 89th to complete the comeback and send the Montjuic Stadium wild.

Post-match, Xavi said that the "remontada" as it is known in Spain was possible because of his players.

"They believed in it, and that means we're a team," Xavi explained.

Though the coach also praised his men for playing with "courage" and "belief", he also pointed out that they were "very disorganized today."

"We're not in the same level as the previous matches, we must analyze that," he demanded.

Xavi also highlighted how Barca "risked everything" to playing with just two defenders.

There were also two right wingers on the field towards the end with substitutes Raphinha and Lamine Yamal occupying the space.

Hero of the evening at right back Joao Cancelo was also allowed to charge forward at will, but didn't feel like he had his best evening goal aside.

"It is true that personally I was playing a very bad game, I was having a lot of mistakes," the Portuguese reflected.

"But I tried to give everything until the end and we were able to come back."

"There's a lot to improve but it's important to win even if you play poorly," the Manchester City loanee went on.

"I was lost in the match. I made many technical errors that are not normal in my game," Cancelo confessed.

Even more honestly, he said that if he gave in during the match Barca will not "love him".

"We have to continue, but these three points are very important," he concluded, with Barca now afforded six days' rest until hosting Sevilla in their fourth consecutive home match.