Barcelona forward Luis Suarez said his side had taken two steps towards wrapping up the La Liga title after beating closest challengers Atletico Madrid 2-0 at home on Saturday to open up an 11-point gap at the top of the table with seven games left.
Barca had struggled to break down a fiercely competitive Atletico long after Diego Costa had been sent off for the visitors for a verbal outburst at the referee but Suarez finally beat Atleti's outstanding keeper Jan Oblak in the 85th minute.
“This goal is one of the most important that I have scored in a Barca shirt,” he said after the match.
Captain Lionel Messi scored the second goal one minute later and the 90 000 Barca fans crammed into the Nou Camp began to chant "champions" as they sensed they were closing in on an eighth domestic title in 11 years.
"Today we didn't just take one step, we took two steps forward, we obviously have a very big advantage now but there are still some games to go and it could still get difficult," Suarez told reporters.
"This was another game which shows just how hard it is to win the league and we deserve a lot of credit for what we're achieving.
Pinocch
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Name a more iconic duo🔥💯 #Messi and #Suarez
Ababsco
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Introducing the striker that will always miss the easy goals and score very hard ones. The one and only Pistolero.
Rosaboss
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Every time Suarez scores, I'll remind all of the Barcelona fans how much they have wanted to sell him over the last year
DeepHack
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😂😂
VanishPrasad
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Luis Suárez for FC Barcelona: - 240 games - 175 goals - 86 assists - 12 titles - Won the pichichi - Won the golden boot Legendary striker.
Mosanya
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Suarez is one of the best strikers in the world, even though he doesn't play well as he used to , but yesterday goal was incredible and he is a important player for Barca, o just hope he keeps scoring goals for the team.Good Luck Suarez
capitalise
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Messi and Suárez have now scored 53 goals in LaLiga this season (33+20). Name a better duo, we'll wait.
childhood
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Luis Suarez has joined Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo as the only players to score 20+ goals in four La Liga seasons.