Luis Suarez has now managed to score eight goals in his last two appearances for Barcelona.
This has seen him set a new personal best record of 53 goals in just 49 games for the Catalan club. Suarez is regarded as one of the best finishers in the game. However, the striker went through a period of drought – along with Lionel Messi and Neymar – for almost a month. During this period, Barcelona found themselves struggling to get any form going and were subsequently out of the Champions League following a defeat against Atletico Madrid in the quarter finals.
Such has been the importance of these three players in the context of getting good results. Suarez has now returned to form and it has coincided with Barcelona winning the last two league games very comfortably. They remain level on points with Atletico with three games left in the campaign. Suarez has been a goal scorer throughout his career, but this is his first campaign in which he has scored more than 50 goals in all competitions. His previous best of 49 was achieved with Dutch outfit Ajax in the 2009-10 season just before joining Liverpool. Suarez is only in his second year at the Camp Nou. Last season, he managed a return of 25 goals although he missed a major chunk of the season due to suspension.
Since there are still a couple of matches left in the campaign for Barcelona, Suarez is backed heavily to hit the 60 goal mark. The eight goals in the last two games have also propelled Suarez into being the frontrunner for the Pichichi award – which is given to the top goal scorer in Spanish football. Cristiano Ronaldo was currently leading the list of being overtaken by Suarez, who has 34 compared to the 31 by the Real Madrid forward.