Barcelona stretched their lead at the top of the La Liga table to seven points on Saturday as they beat Leganes 3-0 at Estadio Municipal de Butarque.
Luis Suarez seemed to have overcome his demons from earlier in the season on the day as he ended his drought with a well grabbed brace. The Uruguayan first broke the deadlock just before the half-hour mark as he reacted well to slot the ball into the net after Ivan Cuellar parried Paco Alcacer’s shot away.
The Cuellar-Alcacer combo were at it again thirty minutes later, with Suarez again reacting smartly to double his side’s lead. The win was then rounded off in the dying moments of the match, with Paulinho latching on to Lionel Messi’s flicked pass. And the Brazilian was hailed as he impressed in a short stint on the pitch.
Paulinho and Messi’s chemistry on pitch has to be top 10 mysterious things to happen in world.
— RAHUL (@LionelCruyff) November 18, 2017
Whenever Paulinho comes on, Barca scores and becomes 100x better than they were before him, Denis’s presence helped alot too!
— MascheranoStats (@MascheranoStats) November 18, 2017
Paulinho shooting down the haters one by one. Cruyffista’s won’t get any sleep tonight.
— ᵁᴸᵀᴿᴬ® (@UltraAutistic) November 18, 2017
The transformation of Paulinho from Spurs flop to key man at Barcelona is just ridiculous.
— Andrew Gaffney (@GaffneyVLC) November 18, 2017
Luis Suarez rediscovered some of his lost form on Saturday as well, grabbing a well deserved brace to set the win for his side, and he was hailed for his display.
Suarez doesn’t seem so bad after all.
— Fatimah! (@Barcagurl_) November 18, 2017
Suarez’s 2nd Goal ? That well timed shot, that execution, that aggression, that reaction, THAT CELEBRATION!#ForçaBARÇA pic.twitter.com/TjEtHYWsze
— BarcelonaBoy (@iBarcelonaBoy) November 19, 2017
Suarez is a legend. pic.twitter.com/v6NSEWaa17
— FC Barcelona (@BarcaUniversal) November 18, 2017
@LuisSuarez9 He is Baaaack?????#suarez#barca pic.twitter.com/BVzWnmuzBl
— MM_Footy_Edits (@MM_EDITSS) November 18, 2017
HE IS BACK! BRILLIANT GOAL FROM SUAREZ pic.twitter.com/vUvy8giz3M
— FC Barcelona (@BarcaUniversal) November 18, 2017
Suárez again! It seems his poor performances were directly linked to the niggling knee issues that he treated on this break.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) November 18, 2017
Barcelona fans were also in celebratory mood later on Saturday as they increased their lead over bitter rivals Real Madrid to 10 points.
The MIGHTY Real Madrid are now 10 points, yes ladies and gentlemen, TEN POINTS behind the SINKING DECLINING SHIP that is known as Futbol Club Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/9JIWPXCg8M
— ᵁᴸᵀᴿᴬ® (@UltraAutistic) November 18, 2017
Suarez with a brace
Ter stegen masterclass
Atlético & madrid drew
10 points ahead of madrid pic.twitter.com/56FkUi17OT
— MØ ? (@FutbolisticMO) November 18, 2017
“Hey Leo! What’s the points difference between Barça and Madrid?” pic.twitter.com/uk7px4hcce
— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) November 18, 2017
In their banter era Barcelona 10 points clear of Real and Atletico at top with their closest competitor being Valencia ??
— Shubham (@SportyShubh) November 19, 2017
So you are telling me that the “better than Busquets Iniesta and Xavi midfield “ is 10 points behind a mid with Rakitic Paulinho Andre Gomes and a 32 years old Andres Iniesta? pic.twitter.com/nO509aYxno
— J. (@ElaficionadoFC) November 18, 2017
The worst Barca side in the last 10 years are 10 points clear of the best Madrid side in the last 10 years
— Ampadu Fan (@WidePlaymaker_) November 18, 2017
Have a fan-TEN-stic day, everyone. #A10 pic.twitter.com/MMwJAF1sml
— BlaugranaHome (@BlaugranaHome) November 18, 2017