"Eric Garcia has played a great game, both in defence and attack. He has dared to split the defence [with his passes] in the second half and never lost focus," Xavi said after the game against Girona.
"He is a guarantee, I have a lot of confidence in him. When it comes to building from the back, he is one of the best in the world."
In terms of stats, Garcia definitely had a good decent match, completing 77/84 passes, 12/15 long balls, 3 clearances, 2 interceptions and 5 tackles.
At the same time, Eric couldn't cost Barcelona points had Ivan Martin converted his shot from inside the goal area as it was the Spaniard who should've marked him. We were also lucky that VAR didn't investigate his foul on Christian Stuani for a potential penalty late into the game.