Luiz Suarez scored his 500th career goal to give La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid an important victory in the title race after the UEFA Champions League disappointment against Chelsea.
The Uruguay forward reached the milestone by heading home Englishman Kieran Trippier’s cross in the 54th minute.
The game was not all that easy for the home side and they needed every bit of luck and skill from their superstar goalkeeper Jan Oblak to secure the 3 points in their race for lifting the Spanish league title once again under Diego Simeone.
Oblak saved a late penalty that was taken by Joselu to ensure that the club from Madrid stayed 4 points clear at the top of the table. Barcelona thumped Real Sociedad 6-1 at San Sebastian to stay in the hunt as the pressure mounts on the league leaders with 10 games to go in the league.
The best goalkeeper in the world? Slovenian Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
Suarez scored his 19th goal for Atletico Madrid after netting an incredible 198 times for Barcelona. He also had 82 goals for Liverpool before moving to Spain.
Luis Suarez also has 63 goals for his country. The striker started his career in Uruguay with Club Nacional, where he scored 12 goals before moving to the Netherlands where he played for Groningen and managed to rack up 15 goals.
He joined Ajax in 2007 and scored a fantastic 111 goals for the Dutch champions before joining Liverpool in 2011 and Barcelona in 2014.
Atletico Madrid are now on 66 points from 28 games with Barcelona right on their heels with 62 points. Current La Liga holders Real Madrid are in 3rd with 60 points, 5 points clear of Sevilla who are in 4th in the Spanish league table.
Suarez’s 19th league goal keeps him 4 goals behind leader Lionel Messi who has 23 goals in the race for the Pichichi.
