La Liga: Suarez nets as Atletico Madrid end Barca unbeaten run

Luis Suarez scored against his former club as Atletico Madrid heaped more misery on Ronald Koeman with a 2-0 win over Barcelona to end their unbeaten run and move joint top of La Liga on points.

Defeat to Benfica in the Champions League sparked speculation that Koeman might be sacked with another loss in the Spanish capital and this result won’t help the Dutchman’s cause.

Atleti started strongly and took the lead after 23 minutes when a passing move involving Joao Felix and Suarez released Thomas Lemar in behind for the Frenchman to finish past Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Suarez spurned a golden opportunity to make it two soon after with the former Barcelona striker putting a finish past the far post when he should have found the back of the net.

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However, Suarez made amends by scoring just before half time, taking his time to pick his spot after excellent combination play by Felix and Lemar down the left wing on the rapid counter attack.

Ansu Fati came off the bench with 25 minutes left before Antoine Griezmann was introduced to face his former club, but there was to be no change in the dynamic of the contest as Atletico Madrid saw out the comfortable victory.