Luis Suarez reacts to scoring winning goal in El Clasico

• published: 23 Mar 2015
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Barcelona's Luis Suarez discusses his winning goal in El Clasico as the Catalan side emerge 2-1 victors and open up a four point lead on Real Madrid at the summit of La Liga. Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid: Luis Suarez scores El Clasico winner to send Catalans four points clear in La Liga title race after Jeremy Mathieu and Cristiano Ronaldo goals in first half at the Nou Camp Luis Suarez scored the decisive goal as Barcelona edged out Real Madrid at the Nou Camp El Clasico victory put Barcelona four points clear in La Liga title race with 10 games remaining Jeremy Mathieu gave Barcelona the lead in the 19th minute with a header past Iker Casillas Cristiano Ronaldo equalised for Real Madrid before half-time at the Nou Camp Suarez scored the winner in the 56th minute to secure all three points for Luis Enrique's side PLAYER RATINGS: Gerard Pique delivers a world-class display, but Gareth Bale flops Luis Suarez paid back another huge chunk of his transfer fee at the Nou Camp with the goal that won the Clasico — and quite possibly the Spanish league title for Barcelona. Running on to a long pass forward by Dani Alves, Suarez took the ball brilliantly in his stride and, with both Sergio Ramos and Pepe closing in, he found Iker Casillas’ far corner with well-struck shot. 'It's the most important goal I have scored for the club so far,' he said. 'And of course it means even more because of who it was against. I tried to make the most of the space I found between the defenders and to get the shot away as quickly as I could. Luckily it worked out.' The win puts Barcelona four points clear with only 10 games left and after last year’s disappointment with Liverpool, Suarez could now be in line for a league winners’ medal in Spain. But he added: 'There is still a long way to go and we know it will be difficult. We have to make the most of the advantage we now have. But we know we can't relax especially against a rival as strong as Madrid.' Jubilant Barca coach Luis Enrique praised Suarez saying: ‘He finished the goal like very few players can. He is a striker who can score goals like this, but he is also technical enough to play the football we play and physical enough to compliment the other players in the side. We signed him for nights like this.’ The game looked to be slipping away from Barcelona after they were made to suffer in the first half. Luis Enrique admitted: ‘The goal calmed us down a lot in the second half. It’s a big a win against our eternal rival but we have a lot of difficult games to go before the league is won. 'The win means more because this is a very good Madrid side.’ Until Suarez struck the night had belonged to Cristiano Ronaldo, who responded to a week of global adulation for Lionel Messi by equalising in the first half to silence the Camp Nou after Jeremy Mathieu opened the scoring. Ronaldo’s every touch was booed — even from his first run down the left inside 60 seconds. It only took Messi 10 minutes to mark up his first nutmeg, sending the ball through Toni Kroos’ legs, but it was Real with a pumped-up Ronaldo who made much of the early running and he hit the bar from Karim Benzema’s cross. At the other end, Pepe and Suarez clashed and Barcelona were awarded a free-kick. Messi took it and, powering in ahead of Ramos, Mathieu headed past Casillas for his first Barcelona goal. The hosts should have doubled their lead but Neymar made a mess of a Suarez assist and they paid the price as Real Madrid scored with their next attack. Luka Modric played the ball to Karim Benzema, the Frenchman’s flick found Ronaldo in space and he swept the ball past Claudio Bravo. Suarez was booked for leaving his foot in on Pepe, who had already gone in late on the Uruguayan.