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La Liga champions Barcelonas domestic struggles continued as they dropped points for the third game in a row, drawing 1-1 at home to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday after Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets had begun the match on the substitutes bench. Barcelona s Munir El Haddadi celebrates after scoring against Athletic Bilbao. REUTERS Substitute Munir El Haddadi averted a first home defeat for Barca in more than two years by sliding in an equaliser in the 84th minute, meeting a cross by Messi who had been sent on, along with Busquets, in the second half as Barca chased the game. Oscar de Marcos had given Athletic a deserved lead in the 41st minute with a volley after Inaki Williams had missed two clear chances to score for the Basque side, who had not picked up a point at the Nou Camp since 2004 when current Barca coach Ernesto Valverde was in charge. Barca are joint-top of the table with Real Madrid on 14 points after Julen Lopeteguis side were held to a goalless draw by Atletico Madrid in Saturdays derby. Despite drawing at home to Girona and losing at minnows Leganes after starting without key first-teamers such as Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Samuel Umtiti, Barca coach Valverde made the eye-catching decision to field a starting XI without midfield anchor Busquets and all-time top scorer Messi. The coach said the pair needed some r
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Barcelona striker Luis Suarez said on Saturday that he once feared that he would not be able to fit into the Catalan giants style of play. Barcelona s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring against Club Atletico de Madrid. AFP Photo
stanley cup Suarez moved from Liverpool to the Camp Nou in 2014 and last year he was instrumental in guiding his side to five trophies. He has scored 36 goals in 34 appearances so far this season. At first I didnt think I was going to fit into Barcelonas way of playing, Suarez was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail. There was a lot of tiki-taka and I was thinking that without a lot of space to play in, Id find it more difficult. I worried about that. But the help of my team-mates and the fact Luis Enrique ended up putting me in the number nine position meant I felt more comfortable. Ive got a magnificent relationship with Leo
stanley termos Messi and Ney Neymar . You know if you have a good relationship with them off the pitch it will be that way on the pitch too. They took it as a sign that I had come to help them, not to compete with them, he added. Suarez said he was given his favourite centre forward position after a consultation with coach Luis Enrique and Messi, who was till then playing as the main striker. The coach made the decision, Suarez said. When we started off, I did not feel comfortable on the right and Leo d
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