With Luis Enrique’s side soundly beating Deportivo, Real were under pressure to earn all three points to keep pace and did so with aplomb.
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Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid resume a nail-biting La Liga title race on Saturday after all notched up victories on Wednesday.
“Feelings in the locker room were always very positive and we showed a good image against Valencia, for how we played and the chances we had the feelings were good, although it was clear we didn’t have any luck”.
Only Barca’s superior head-to-head record separates them from Atletico Madrid at the top with four games remaining, whilst Real Madrid are only a point further back in third.
Suarez has played 48 games in all competitions. The Uruguayan took it upon himself to drag the team out of their malaise and by half-time he had Barca in cruise control with the opening two goals.
His four strikes and three assists in a single game is something no player has achieved in modern times and perhaps never before.
Luis Suarez scored four goals against Deportivo mid-week. His four goals against Deportivo sees him pass Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo season tally of 47.
ESPN’s projection model predicts that the Argentine, who has scored in each of his last two league games, will have more success when Barcelona host Sporting Gijon. On Wednesday’s form, they should not be too troubled.
“The important thing is that the goals have helped us to get three points”, Suarez told reporters after the game. “They said that La Liga was finished and now it still depends on us, and the work will pay off”. “I’m sure it’s not going to be easy”.
Atletico prevailed 1-0 in Bilbao, in typically gritty fashion, thanks to a solitary goal from veteran Fernando Torres, who has scored in five consecutive games for the first time in his illustrious career. “We have the mentality of winning everything”, Iniesta said after the match, AS reports. “The dressing room is happy”.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a major doubt for Real’s trip to Vallecas after limping off in stoppage time of their 3-0 win over Villarreal on Wednesday with a minor hamstring problem.
The victory was their third in succession, following previous successes away at Barcelona and at home over Sevilla, and takes them up to eighth place from 13th, after their recent struggles towards the foot of Spain’s top flight.
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“It is true that they will be playing more matches because of the Champions League, but tiredness in these circumstances will not affect them”.
