Eibar vs Barcelona result: Griezmann, Messi and Suarez send Barcelona top of La Liga
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.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Eibar vs Barcelona! Lionel Messi and co can climb to the top of La Liga with a win, at least for a few hours, but they will need to get past a stubborn Eibar side first. Full line-ups and team news coming right up...
For those of you interested in superstition, in their last 8 away games in La Liga Barcelona have alternated between scoring two goals and failing to score.
In their last away game, against Getafe, they scored two goals. Does that give Eibar the advantage today?
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Samuel Umtiti has recovered from a foot injury and goes straight into the starting line-up for Barcelona as Gerard Pique misses out through suspension.
Umtiti partners Clement Lenglet at centre back for Barca. The last, and only, time those two started together was in the Catalans' 4-4 draw away to Villarreal last season.
Kick off: We're under way at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium. Barcelona are in the hunt for three points and to leapfrog Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.
Eibar respond well with a couple of good attacks of their own. First Sergio Alvarez whips a cross into the box but Ter Stegen is the first to the ball and he claims it.
Eibar then win a free kick, it's played short but Fabian Orellana's cross goes wide.
Cheeky from Suarez, he controls the ball on the halfway line and takes it through the legs of Anaitz Arbilla before hitting one from a long, long way out.
10 mins: Barcelona are having the most of possession but aren't able to make full use of it. When Eibar pick up the ball they send it out wide and put crosses into the box.
Clement Langlet almost turns a cross into his own net but sends it out for a corner instead.
The corner comes to Sergio Alvarez, who shoots but sends it wide of goal!
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