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Villa delighted at Valencia homecoming

Barcelona's David Villa has expressed his gratitude to Valencia fans following his return to the Mestalla on Wednesday.

The Spain international joined Barcelona from Valencia last summer in a big money move, after spending five memorable years at the club, where he scored 108 goals in 166 league appearances.

While many players often have distasteful returns to their old clubs where the supporters consider them traitors, Villa was one of the lucky few who enjoyed a positive welcome back to his old stomping ground.

According to Elmundo.es, Villa said after the match: "I'm very happy because the people here gave me great affection. I have only words of gratitude for them."

While Villa enjoyed the reception the Valencia fans afforded him, he was not distracted by the occassion, and focused on the game to help Barcelona grind out a win.

"It's an important victory because the Mestalla is a difficult and complicated place [to play at]."

Villa's comments come as a compliment to the home form of Mestalla, who prior to Wednesday night's game, were the only away stadium in the La Liga that manager Pep Guardiola had yet to manage a win at in his three years at the helm thus far.

Also touching on the title race with Real Madrid, Villa recognized the advantage his team had by being in first place, but revealed that with 12 rounds of matches still to be played, his team were not about to let up anytime soon.

"A lot remains to be played in the league and we have to win no matter how others fare."

"The further [in front] we are, the better. We have the privilege of relying on ourselves."

Barcelona lead Real Madrid at the top of the table by ten points, although Real play Malaga on Thursday and will be looking to cut their rival's lead back to seven points.

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La Liga match between Barcelona and Espanyol at Camp Nou on May 8, 2011 in Barcelona, Spain.

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