5 times top players were made to look terrible

Modified Sep 24, 2017 14:18 GMT

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#4. Luis Suarez nutmegs David Luiz twice to score two goals

There she goes

The list of players that the spine-tingling trinity of Messi-Suarez-Neymar has made to look like utter sh*te is way too long. And on one particular Champions League night in the year of 2015, Luis Suarez drew blood like the vampire he so openly aspires to be. And David Luiz was the unfortunate man on the receiving end.

Nothing makes you feel like a clown more than having the ball slip through between your legs. And if you're the central defender and you get nutmegged twice in one night, Lord have mercy on your mortal soul.

After Neymar had put the Catalans ahead, Suarez surged ahead down the right wing before realizing that it's time he went goalbound. And there was only one way for the ball to go- through the legs of a retreating David Luiz. 'Alright, here we go again' said Luis Suarez as he caressed it through his legs and bid good riddance to the Brazilian before holding off Maxwell to slot the ball home.

David Luiz must have been reassuring himself that a lot of people could have missed that. But there was absolutely no missing it the next time.

Suarez caught Luiz backpedalling in the centre of the pitch and went straight at him like a damn spear. He then slotted it through Luiz's legs once again and the centre-back was shamed insensitively for a second time on the same night.

Here's what you call a proper tail-between-your-legs moment.

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