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Spanish La Liga Report: Granada v FC Barcelona 02 April 2017

Spanish La Liga Report: Granada v FC Barcelona 02 April 2017

Luis Suarez

Spanish La Liga 

Result: Granada 1-4 FC Barcelona 

Date: 02 April 2017

Venue: Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes

Luis Suarez bagged a goal and an assist to inspire FC Barcelona to a 4-1 win over Granada in the absence of Lionel Messi on Sunday evening.

The Catalan giants were without the services of Messi, who is serving a one-game suspension after picking up his fourth yellow card of the season in the last game.

The visitors nearly broke the deadlock in the seventh minute when Neymar played in Suarez, who was denied by a superb save by Ochoa.

Barcelona were dealt a blow in the 17th minute as Rafinha was forced off with an injury and was replaced by Paco Alcacer.

Barca went agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock in the 24th minute but Suarez's strike crashed against the crossbar.

Luis Enrique's charges eventually broke the deadlock on the stroke of halftime, as Suarez collected a pass from Jordi Alba before chipping the on-rushing Ochoa.

Granada managed to level matters five minutes after the break, as Boga latched onto a fine pass from Andreas Pereira, before slotting into the bottom corner.

However, Barcelona restored their lead in the 64th minute as Suarez turned proved to pick out Alcacer, who calmly slotted past Ochoa.

Granada were then reduced to 10 men in the 82nd minute when Ucho Agbo was shown his second yellow card of the game.

Barcelona took advantage a minute later, as Suarez's effort deflected into the path of Ivan Rakitic, who fired home from the edge of the box.

There was time for a fourth goal in stoppage time, as Alcacer crossed the ball for Neymar, who side-footed home from six-yards out to round off a fine win.

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