Celta Vigo coach Benitez: Mendez made difference for Real Sociedad

Celta Vigo coach Rafa Benitez was left frustrated after defeat at home to Real Sociedad.

Brais Mendez scored an early winner for La Real's 1-0 triumph.

Benitez said: "It was very difficult, they took the lead, they scored a great goal that made the difference in the end. They are a good team, they have a job, they know what they have to do, they have intensity. That goal was decisive.

"You had to compete well. The goal gives them a positional advantage because they were well positioned at the back. They had that intensity and that power.

"It was about trying to catch them and being precise."