“To win titles you have to suffer, (this was) a match away from home suffering… these matches are the ones that give you the league”, Suarez told Spanish television.
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However, just as in their win at Sporting Gijon in midweek, Barca conceded minutes after scoring the opener as Jonthan Viera’s brilliant backheel teed up Jose to drive home the equaliser.
FC Barcelona will be hoping to extend their club record unbeaten streak tomorrow afternoon, when they travel to the Canary Islands to take on UD Las Palmas at Estadio Gran Canaria.
However, when Las Palmas last played a home game in the league, they managed to triumph over a Celta Vigo side far higher in the league than themselves.
“We always try to play in a different way”.
“I don’t think we played at a slower pace, and at some points we got hit on the break because we were so keen to attack quickly”.
After a testing encounter, Luis Enrique’s side lead Atletico Madrid by nine points and Real Madrid by 10 points, with both teams in action on Sunday.
Despite facing Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday, Barcelona boss Luis Enrique rested only Gerard Pique, whilst Sergio Busquets was also suspended from the side that is expected to start at the Emirates.
Barcelona will consider what is best for Neymar when they decide whether to release their Brazilian star for the Olympic soccer tournament at the Rio Games – just as they did for Lionel Messi in 2008, coach Luis Enrique said on Friday.
He said: “We are talking about a game that will be decided over 180 minutes, it’s going to be hard because our opponents could cause us problems”. It’s interesting how I feel and hear more love and admiration for Suarez than I do for Messi.
Barcelona have showed recently that they are not afraid of showboating and putting an all out assault on teams of lesser quality than themselves.
The pair were replaced in the XI by Jordi Alba and Andres Iniesta, with Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano and Sergi Roberto also coming into fold, albeit at the expense of Aleix Vidal, Adriano and Ivan Rakitic.
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Barcelona’s prolific strike trio teamed to restore the lead before halftime when Suarez dribbled past two defenders and passed for Messi to draw a save from Varas that Neymar finished off.
