Spanish Liga - Valencia v Barcelona - Mestalla Stadium - Valencia, Spain, 22/10/16. Barcelona's players react after the public threw bottles at them. REUTERS/Heino Kalis
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Luis Enrique defended his team's integrity on Friday after a week in which his players were criticised by the highest powers in Spanish soccer following last week's dramatic 3-2 win at Valencia.
La Liga chief Javier Tebas said he would be "ashamed to pretend" the way some players went down "like a game of skittles" when a bottle was thrown in from the stands, while the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) criticised Barca for goading Valencia fans after Lionel Messi's injury time winner.
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