Barcelona forward Luis Suarez stepped up to the stage and scored a brilliant hat-trick leading his club to a dominant 5-1 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid at Camp Nou on Sunday.
The Uruguayan scored from the penalty spot at minute 30 before doubling his individual score at minute 75 with a stunning header. 8 minutes later, with more holes in Madrid’s defence, the forward received a perfect pass which he chipped over Madrid goal-keeper Thibaut Courtois to make it 4-1 on scorecard.
With captain Lionel Messi out with injury, all eyes were on Suarez to perform and he did exactly that. Apart from Suarez’s hat-trick, Philippe Coutinho scored the opener, while new-signing Arturo Vidal scored the fifth and final 4 minutes before full-time.
Social media was full of praise for the striker. Here are some of the reactions.
Starting off with Luis Suarez himself
https://twitter.com/LuisSuarez9/status/1056628871318118400
Didn’t Lineker score all 3 goals against Madrid in 1987 in a 3-2 win for Barcelona? 🤔
Hat-trick for @LuisSuarez9 in El Clasico. Can’t imagine what that must feel like.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) October 28, 2018
That’s a lot of money
https://twitter.com/BarcaTimesTap/status/1056598525650251778
‘Greatest striker of his generation’ Agree or not?
Suarez is the greatest striker of his generation and one of the best of all time! You can keep your Benzemas, Lewandowskis and Kanes,
Luis Suarez is the name!
El Pistolero, que jugador. pic.twitter.com/Nlg0AkWpay— Matthew®✋ (@mattbolistic) October 28, 2018
The Robin to Suarez’s Batman
Luis Suarez has a total of 9 Clasico goals.
5 of his goals are assisted by Sergi Roberto.
Partnership. pic.twitter.com/PKjqdgKrwS
— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) October 28, 2018
Anyone like some chips?
Fantastic goal luis Suarez #ElClasico #BarcaRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/DEt4XZx0wq
— Fatih özaydın (@MuhtarFatihh) October 28, 2018
La Manita ✋
https://twitter.com/Haeron7/status/1056595846718844928
9 goals in 11 games with 3 assists, not bad
https://twitter.com/BetStarsES/status/1056889777348321280
An adorable father-daughter moment
https://twitter.com/TrustyTransfers/status/1056890596399419392
Luis Suarez – All 9 goals against Real Madrid
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