Barcelona 3-0 Espanyol : Suarez scored 2 goals.
Barcelona 3-0 Espanyol: Secured perfect and leveling the scoreboard with Real Madrid on points.
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Barcelona played like dominant self in the first half of Saturday's Catalan derby at Espanyol. And the players looked excited but a but frustrated,because they know that they needed to deliver in the second half or else rival Real Madrid would reserve the first place in La Liga for themselves and inch closer to the title. And Barca responded in a great way.
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Three goals in the second half carried Barca to a 3-0 win to move back into first place just hours after Real Madrid beat Valencia 2-1. Barca and Real both have 81 points atop the standings, with Barca ahead on head-to-head.
Luis Suarez, who had gone five matches without scoring, finally snapped the drought with the opener on 51 minutes, capitalizing on an error from Espanyol.
Barca made it 2-0 with just over 10 minutes to go when Lionel Messi set up Ivan Rakitic with a no-look assist:
And then Suarez killed the match off late after another error from Espanyol:
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LAST MATCH vs Esp.
FC Barcelona 4–1 RCD Espanyol – 18th December 2016 – La Liga
Luis Suarez was the man of the match in this comfortable derby win, as he provided an assist to go along with a brace, as Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi got the other goals in a blowout victory.
LIKELY LINE-UPS
Barcelona (4-3-3): ter Stegen; Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar
Espanyol (4-2-3-1): Diego Lopez; J. Lopez, D. Lopez, Reyes, Aaron; Fuego, Sanchez; Perez, Moreno, Piatti; Caicedo
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