Barcelona 2-1 Inter Milan: 5 Hits and Flops from the game | Champions League 2019-20

Match winner Suarez celebrates another memorable Champions League night, this time at Inter's expense
Match winner Suarez celebrates another memorable Champions League night, this time at Inter's expense

#2 Hit: Luis Suarez

Despite a largely frustrating outing, Suarez sprinkled his world-class dust and left a lasting impact with two second-half strikes
Despite a largely frustrating outing, Suarez sprinkled his world-class dust and left a lasting impact with two second-half strikes

So remember I said Griezmann had 47 touches in 65-odd minutes here, right? Suarez had 45 across the full 90 minutes and netted a matchwinning brace. Sure, they were playing in different positions and had differing responsibilities but you get the point.

Luis' faltering form in recent seasons has been punctuated by his skewed decision-making while his physical attributes continue to gradually decline. Despite picking his moments to deliver world-class magic, none were more timely than this fixture here against an Inter side who worked tirelessly but made to rue missing their earlier opportunities.

Suarez was struggling to find his rhythm and when he's in a mood, opposition players can sense the same. Regularly stifled with cynical fouls (three recorded, many more attempted) or forceful challenges, he spent large periods here sprawled across the turf remonstrating with match officials. Hard done by, he crucially didn't let the visitors' overtly physical approach disrupt him too much - bursting into life at a similar time to Messi.

His equaliser was a thing of beauty, shuffling across and timing his movement perfectly to latch onto Vidal's lofted pass and strike goalwards with a first-touch finish. It's something that he has almost made his trademark over the years, but the degree of difficulty was ridiculous and the Uruguayan made it seem simple as it flew into the bottom corner.

If that goal was special, the second showcased why despite his inevitable decline, Suarez can still decimate the world's best with subtle brilliance. Messi's marauding run and pass set him up, but with work still to do, he took a brilliant touch to flick it past Diego Godin - leaving the experienced defender in his wake - before showing composure to slam home from close-range.

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Edited by Prasen Moudgal
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