La Liga: Granada 0-3 Barcelona - 5 Talking Points
The game at Los Carmenes couldn’t have gone any better for the Catalan side as they successfully completed a run of games at the business end of the La Liga to gallop into the sunset as Champions again. They left behind Real Madrid side breathing on their necks by a solitary point as they won the game against Granada by 3 goals to nil with a Luis Suarez hat-trick sealing the deal.
The game was opened up in the 22nd minute as a delightful square ball from Jordi Alba to Luis Suarez set up a tap in for the Uruguayan to open the scoring. The second came in shortly afterwards as Dani Alves ran his heart out to reach a Javier Mascherano lob, only to cross for a grateful Luis Suarez who headed in with glee.
Granada seemed overtly content with their fate but tried a few things after half time as they came close on occasion to pull one back. A late Suarez goal ended the Granada attempts as Neymar unselfishly set up his partner for his hat-trick. Let’s have a look at the game’s talking points.
#1 Luis Suarez clinches Pichichi
Liverpool fans continue to pine as their beloved ex-player goes on to prove to the world why he absolutely needed to play for Barcelona. He moved one step closer towards the pantheons of Football’s greatest players by clinching the ‘Pichichi’, La Liga’s equivalent of the Golden Boot in style.
Luis Suarez was teed up by Jordi Alba, Dani Alves and Neymar Jr. on the night to take his tally up to 40, 5 more than runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo, who himself scored a brace on the night. In doing so, He broke the Messi-Ronaldo duopoly on the award that has carried on since 2009 when another Uruguayan beat them to it.
What is impressive about ‘Luisito’ and his goal tally is that he has scored 59 goals overall and played in another 19 assists in all competitions, having played 46 games across the entire Barcelona season. The best bit is Barcelona still have the Copa Del Rey Final to allow Suarez to add to his already absurd tally. Well done, Luis!