Michel was delighted with the mentality shown by his Girona team after they fought back to draw 2-2 with Villareal.
Girona were heading for defeat when Alex Baena put Villarreal 2-0 up early in the second half.
Yet Donny van de Beek dragged Girona back into it before Ladislav Krejci's superb volley deep into added time salvaged a point at Estadio de la Ceramica.
"At 2-0 it was very difficult to draw the game. I don't know if it was deserved but for me it was a great game from both teams," a relieved Michel said.
"[Villarreal coach] Marcelino controlled the tactical aspects and managed to make sure that with just a few touches the opponent hurt us in transition.
"I saw us losing, of course. They have a lot of quality and I thought that it was difficult to get something positive from the game. At 2-0 the team tried, we made it 2-1 and then we got into the game."
The result moved Girona up to seventh in the standings but they have work to do to return to the top four, with Villarreal in fourth place, four points ahead and with a game in hand.
"It will be complicated. Villarreal have found the key and with three competitions I don't know if we can reach that level," Michel said.
"They are not far away now with the draw, but they have a game in hand."
Carragher declares Man City's title bid over after Liverpool defeat
Jamie Carragher declared Manchester City's Premier League title defence as finished following their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday.
City were left 11 points behind leaders Liverpool after Pep Guariola's side fell to a fourth consecutive top-flight loss, an unwanted feat they have not suffered since 2008.
Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah were on target at Anfield, earning Arne Slot an 18th win from his first 20 games in charge of the Reds in all competitions.
Former Liverpool defender Carragher insisted that there is no way back for Guardiola's defending champions in their quest to retain the crown for a fifth consecutive season.
"This season, Manchester City will not be winning the Premier League," Carragher said on Sky Sports. "I don't think there is any way back.
"It is almost a mini-crisis for Manchester City, and I think it's reminiscent of Liverpool two years ago. I actually think Man City might have a fight on their hands for the top four.
"I look at Arsenal and Chelsea and the way they're looking right now, I think it may be difficult for Man City to finish above them if they don't go into the market in January."
Guardiola was seen holding six fingers up to the home crowd, referencing each top-flight title he has won, after 'you're getting sacked in the morning' chants echoed around Anfield.
Carragher backed the former Barcelona boss for his decision to do so, saying: "He's putting the six fingers up and rightly so.
"I think he is just hitting home, 'Don't take for granted what we've done'. Maybe just sending a message to the hierarchy above him, to his own supporters there."
City's defeat dropped them to fifth in the table following Chelsea's win over Aston Villa on Sunday and Arsenal's triumph over West Ham 24 hours earlier.
With Guardiola's side continuing to stumble, Carragher believes that Chelsea and the Gunners will be Liverpool's main title challengers until the end of the season.
"He [Guardiola] needs to buy players. If he can do that in January who knows, but he may need to wait until the end of the season to fix it," Carragher added.
"I look at the energy Arsenal have got and the energy the young players at Chelsea have got, and I think it might be difficult for City to finish above them."
City take on Nottingham Forest at home on Wednesday, hoping to get their season back on track against a side they have not lost to since an FA Cup defeat in January 2009.
Lecce 1-1 Juventus: Last-gasp Rebic leveller thwarts Bianconeri
Juventus were once again frustrated in Serie A after Ante Rebic's last-gasp leveller saw them held to a 1-1 draw by Lecce.
Nikola Krstovic's dazzling run and spectacular cross paved the way for substitute Rebic to equalise in the third minute of stoppage time on Sunday.
Andrea Cambiaso had opened the scoring in the 68th minute as his tame shot fortuitously deflected off Kialonda Gaspar and past helpless goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone.
Thiago Motta's side should have been ahead earlier in the first half, with Khephren Thuram missing a gilt-edged chance just seven minutes into the clash after fine work from Kenan Yildiz.
Timothy Weah also saw a goal disallowed for offside after converting on the rebound when Falcone parried Teun Koopmeiners' long-range effort.
An eighth draw in just 14 league games this season left Juve sixth in the table and six points adrift of leaders Napoli, while Lecce sit 16th, two points clear of the relegation zone.
Data Debrief: Familiar face haunts Juve
Juve are one of only three remaining unbeaten teams in the Europe's top five leagues this season, along with Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, but the manner of this draw will frustrate Motta.
Sunday marked an 18th draw for Juve in top-flight action in 2024, their most in club history across a single calendar year, surpassing the 17 way back in 1956.
It was a familiar face that thwarted Juve, too, with Rebic involved in his fifth Serie A goal against the Bianconeri (four goals, one assist), his joint-most versus one opponent in the competition (Torino, also five).
Greenwood's late penalty fires Marseille past Monaco and into second
Mason Greenwood's late penalty propelled Marseille past Monaco with a 2-1 victory in Sunday's eye-catching Ligue 1 clash.
Greenwood converted from 12 yards with just a minute of normal time remaining, moving Marseille up to second in the table and ahead of Monaco on goal difference.
The spot-kick was awarded for a handball from full-back Christian Mawissa as Marseille ended a three-game winless run against Monaco in the league.
Valentin Rongier's poor pass in the first half had earlier allowed Aleksandr Golovin to counter-attack and open the scoring with just his second Ligue 1 goal of the campaign.
Luis Henrique subsequently levelled before the hour, capitalising on some fine work from Neal Maupay, before Greenwood snatched victory for Roberto De Zerbi's side.
At the other end of the table, bottom side Montpellier salvaged a 2-2 draw with fourth-placed Lille thanks to Arnaud Nordin's last-gasp leveller in an ill-tempered clash.
Jonathan David had earlier scored a penalty in either half for the visitors, with Issiaga Sylla on target for Montpellier on the stroke of half-time to level after the Lille forward's first spot-kick.
Montpellier head coach Jean-Louis Gasset was sent off late on before Tanguy Coulibaly and Mitchel Bakker were both dismissed in a chaotic ending.
Coulibaly prompted the altercation by kicking the ball against Lille head coach Bruno Genesio, with Bakker and the Montpellier man taking the punishment for the clash that subsequently followed.
Far less drama ensued in Lyon's routine 4-1 victory over Nice as Alexandre Lacazette's hat-trick helped his side move into fifth place.
Sofiane Diop managed an equaliser for sixth-placed Nice after Lacazette's opener, only for the Lyon striker to put the visitors to the sword along with a goal from midfielder Jordan Veretout.
Sunday marked the seventh time Lacazette has scored three or more goals in a Ligue 1 game, more than any other Lyon player in the competition's history.
He also scored his 149th, 150th and 151st Ligue 1 goals. In the 21st century, only Kylian Mbappe (191) and Wissam Ben Yedder (161) have scored more in the top-flight.
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