Hungry Barca stays perfect by blanking Bilbao

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique highlighted the hunger of his squad not to be ousted by Real Madrid as Spanish champion after Saturday's hard-fought 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao maintained its perfect start to the season.

The Catalans had to win their final five league games last season to stave off Real's late charge and claim a fifth title in seven seasons.

"It is a start to the season very like how we ended last season. All the players are involved, all the players have the desire and hunger to be first," said Enrique.