Fernando Macedo gave Getafe a stunning lead on Tuesday but Barcelona equalized through an own goal from Anibal Samuel before Samuel Eto'o scored twice to secure the victory.

"As always, we had to fight for our win," Barcelona website quoted Rijkaard as saying in the post match press conference.

"The most important thing was the points and coming back from being 0-1 down. It's an important win and I'm happy for that.

"Getafe created problems for us early on and they also got an early goal. That made us wake up a bit, the players reacted well and we pulled it round."

The 21st league victory sent Barcelona 14 points clear at the top of the league before second-place Real Madrid play Real Zaragoza on Wednesday.