DBasia.news – In the El Clasico match at Camp Nou, Barcelona won 5-1 against Madrid on the 10th-week of LaLiga.
The goals from Philippe Coutinho and Arturo Vidal completed Luis Suarez’s hattrick. El Pistolero became the second Barcelona player after Lionel Messi who scored a hattrick in LaLiga since Romario in 1994.
Moreover, Suarez also gets the record as the fifth Barca top-scorer of all time after Josep Escola with 158 goals. Suarez’s hattrick added his goals to be 159 for the club that he has been supporting since 2014.
Sport-English reported Suarez is now the big five of Barcelona top-scorer of all time under Messi (564 goals), Cesar Rodriquez Alvarez (232 goals), Laszlo Kubala (194 goals), and Josep Samitier (184 goals). Suarez achieved that despite the playing ban of FIFA sanction in the 2014-2015 season.
Suarez’s capability to show his class in El Clasico strengthened Barcelona’s power to play without Messi. The three goals by the penalty kick, headbutt, and responding to Sergi Roberto’s passing.
Suarez could replace Lionel Messi’s role who got injured in his right-hand, as the goal machine for Barcelona. Messi and fans could be relieved to see Barcelona’s five-star performance against Madrid.