?Barcelona have extended their unbeaten run to 10 games across all competitions with a 3-0 win on the road at SD Eibar on Saturday.
Antoine Griezmann scored the only goal of the first half after just 15 minutes, breaking the offside trap and capitalising on
Luis Suárez found the back of the net shortly after the break but was correctly denied by the offside flag, although the Uruguayan was involved soon after as Lionel Messi doubled Barça’s

Suárez eventually did get his name on the scoresheet with a simple finish, but it was a goal that was once again only made possible by Griezmann – the Frenchman’s through ball split Eibar’s defence for Messi to tee up his Uruguayan teammate.
Half-chances came for both sides as the game went on but neither could add to the scoreline, with Barcelona eventually running out comfortable winners after a hard-fought opening hour in the
SD Eibar
Player Ratings
Dmitrovic (8); de Blasis (5), Oliveira (7), Arbilla (6), Cote (7); Orellana (7), Diop (5), Alvarez (6), Leon (6); Enrich (7), Charles (6).
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Key Talking Point
Three points are three points at the end of the day, but any assumptions that Barcelona’s trip to Eibar was a walk in the park couldn’t be further from the truth.

Barça spent most of their afternoon at the picturesque
Player Ratings
Ter Stegen (7); Roberto (6), Umtiti (6), Lenglet (8), Alba (7); de Jong (7), Busquets (7), Arthur (6); Messi (8), Suarez (7), Griezmann (9*).
Substitutes: Semedo (7), Vidal (6), Rakitic (6).
Star Man
Eyebrows were raised when Antoine Griezmann moved to Barcelona from Atletico Madrid, but the World Cup winner once again proved why he was a fantastic investment from the Blaugrana.
Griezmann’s shown his worth thanks to his defensive contributions in recent weeks, but the 28-year-old was also involved in each of Barcelona’s three goals on Saturday – getting a goal, an assists, and providing the crucial pass for
What an absurd pass from Griezmann. Messi does the right thing to release Suarez. 3-0
— kevins (@kevvwill) October 19, 2019
Incredible vision from Griezmann there ffs what a player
— Griezmann Chief (@Griezmannility) October 19, 2019
That pass by GRIEZMANN to send Messi tru.
That’s an assist in my book, and it should be in everybody else’s book too (but it won’t, which is just unfair).
— Alex Truica (@AlexTruica) October 19, 2019
Griezmann involved in all three goals today. Plus helping in all other phases of the game. Nicely done.
— kevins (@kevvwill) October 19, 2019
Griezmann’s scored one of our 3 and created the other 2.
Fantastic performance.
— totalBarça (@totalBarca) October 19, 2019
Looking Ahead
Barcelona break for Champions League duty where they’ll be on the road to Sparta Praha, while next week’s El Clasico has been postponed.
SD Eibar travel to
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