Eibar vs Barcelona result: Griezmann, Messi and Suarez send Barcelona top of La Liga
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Your support makes all the difference.Lionel Messi teamed up with Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suarez as Barcelona's big three all scored in a commanding 3-0 win at Eibar in the Spanish league on Saturday.
The trio of star forwards lifted defending champion Barcelona into first place ahead of Real Madrid's match at Mallorca later. Barcelona now lead Madrid by one point.
Barcelona enjoyed their best away match of the season.
Griezmann put Barcelona ahead in the 13th minute when Clement Lenglet met his run behind Eibar's high defensive line with a long ball that left him alone to beat goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic.
Dmitrovic denied Messi before half-time, but couldn't do it again in the 58th after a passing combination by Suarez and Griezmann set up Barcelona's all-time scorer in the area.
The three combined again in the 66th when Griezmann launched Messi with a through ball. Messi then slid the ball over for Suarez to finish off on the break.
Ernesto Valverde's team have won five matches across all competitions after an erratic start to the season.
Barcelona plays at Slavia Prague in the Champions League group phase on Wednesday.
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Eibar 0 - 1 Barcelona
50 mins: Definitely disallowed. It was a good move with Suarez interplaying with Messi before continuing his run but he was offside as the return pass came to him and he put it into the back of the net.
Eibar 0 - 1 Barcelona
Another offside from Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong is the culprit this time but Lionel Messi is cutting apart Eibar's defence with penetrating passes.
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Eibar 0 - 1 Barcelona
Pape Diop has the first shot of the second half. A throw in comes to him and he hits a shot from range but sends it over the bar!
Eibar 0 - 1 Barcelona
De Jong wins the ball on the right wing, he passes the ball to Suarez who strikes the ball first time from the edge of the 16 yard box but the ball is well held by Marko Dmitrovic.
Eibar 0 - 2 Barcelona - Messi
58 mins: GOAL! It's been coming.
De Jong plays the ball to Suarez again but the Uruguayan misses the opportunity to shoot and the ball falls to Griezmann. He finds Messi in space who slots it home to double Barcelona's lead.
Eibar 0 - 2 Barcelona
Lionel Messi has now scored 16 goals in 10 games against Eibar. He has only failed to score against them once.
Eibar 0 - 2 Barcelona
63 mins: Edu Exposito replaces Pedro Leon as Eibar make their first change of the game.
Eibar 0 - 3 Barcelona - Suarez
66 mins: GOAL! Unselfish from Messi.
Antoine Griezmann sends a long ball up to Messi. Messi runs through into the box and draws the goalkeeper to him, he has the option to shoot and probably score but instead he squares it to Suarez who taps in to an empty net.
Eibar 0 - 3 Barcelona
Barcelona's front three, Messi, Suarez and Griezmann are all on the scoresheet for the first time.
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