Barcelona spent about 80 minutes struggling to get anything going against Bayer Leverkusen. Sergi Roberto pulled them level with a scrappy goal. Two minutes later, Luis Suárez won the match for them with this first-touch rocket.
Luis Suárez rescues Barcelona with first-time rocket into the top corner
You can’t hit them much prettier than this.
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This is what Barca paid £75 million for -- someone who could score goals like this in big moments, especially in the event that Lionel Messi went down with an injury.
And it came in a must-win game for the Blaugrana too. They drew their opener against Roma, and Bayer Leverkusen had won their first group game. Even a draw would have been a disaster for Barcelona. But now, they’re in control of the group.
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