La Liga 2016/17: Espanyol 0-3 Barcelona, 5 talking points

#3 Luis Suarez took advantage of Espanyol’s only error in 50 minutes

Suarez opened the scoring in second half

Barcelona came out of the tunnel in the second half a much more purposeful side and began to pressurise Espanyol. The home side defended well and with concentration for 50 minutes but Jurado’s poor back pass was snatched by Luis Suarez who went 1 v 1 with Diego Lopez and finished well to give Barcelona the lead.

The entire team’s collective effort was undone by Jurado’s bad backpass with the outside of his foot and it gave Barcelona a vital lead from their first clear-cut chance of the game. Until that moment Barcelona did not create any significant chances and they were gifted a goal by Espanyol rather fortunately.