DBasia.news – Luis Suarez continues to show sharpness at Atletico Madrid. With his goals, Luis Suarez led Atletico away from their LaLiga rivals.
Atletico Madrid have performed impressively in the Spanish League this season. Diego Simeone’s team now top the Spanish League standings with 47 points from 18 matches, seven ahead of second place, Real Madrid.
Luis Suarez is one of the key players behind Atletico Madrid’s impressive pace. He has scored 12 goals in 15 appearances for Atletico in the Spanish League.
According to statistics reported by Opta, it is the second best start a player has made for the same club in the Spanish League. Luis Suarez followed in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 13 goals in his first 15 matches with Real Madrid in 2010.
The most recent, the Uruguayan striker contributed a goal when Atletico Madrid won 3-1 over Valencia in a match at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, Monday (25/1/2021) am, WIB.
That means the striker who just turned 34 has scored five goals in his last five league games.
“We always thought Luis Suarez was the best striker in Europe, we are lucky he is with us and everyone is happy,” said Atletico President, Enrique Cerezo in an interview with Mundo Deportivo as reported by Football Espana.
Luis Suarez was recruited by Atletico Madrid from Barcelona in the transfer market last summer. He immediately repaid Diego Simeone’s trust with his goals.
The goal against Valencia at the same time lifted Luis Suarez to the top of the list of Spanish League top scorers. With 12 goals, he defeated Lionel Messi (11 goals) and Karim Benzema (10 goals).