Vermaelen takes plaudits after debut Barca goal


Barcelona's Thomas Vermaelen attends a commercial event at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona November 27, 2014. REUTERS/Albert Gea

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was clearly delighted with Thomas Vermaelen's debut goal for the club on Saturday and said he was not surprised the Belgium defender was finally coming good after a long struggle with injury.

Vermaelen struck the winner 17 minutes from time in a 1-0 La Liga success against Malaga at the Nou Camp which maintained the champions' perfect start to their title defence with a maximum six points from two matches.

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