Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi hit the gym as Barcelona prepare for La Liga return against Villarreal
- Barcelona stars Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi have been working hard in the gym
- The pair were working their leg muscles in a video shared on Twitter
- Barca face Villarreal on Sunday in their first La Liga fixture since winter break
Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi are keen to bounce back quickly from Barcelona's shock Copa del Rey defeat by Athletic Bilbao as they hit the gym on Saturday.
After falling to a 2-1 defeat in the first leg against nine men at San Mames, the Barca pair will be determined to come back stronger than ever.
And if a video shared on the Uruguayan's Twitter account is anything to go by, they certainly aren't wasting any time.
Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi have been working on their leg muscles in the gym
The Uruguayan shared the video of him and Messi working hard
Barcelona's players wrap up warm for a training session on Saturday morning
In the 18-second clip, Suarez and Messi are shown performing press-ups, but with a certain twist, with their legs suspended in the air.
The star pair are joined by the Argentine's fitness assistant, Pepe Costa, a friend of the players who has also performed similar stunts with Neymar.
As the dust settles on Barca's defeat in Bilbao, the Spanish papers have yet to move on.
The front cover of Mundo Deportivo on Saturday called the performance of the referee a 'scandal', after Aritz Aduriz's jab at Samuel Umtiti resulted in just a caution.
The La Liga champions can not afford to dwell on the result though, as they prepare to return to league action on Sunday.
They travel to Villarreal, three points behind league leaders Real Madrid having played a game more.
Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen stretches ahead of the training session on Saturday
Suarez and Messi both played in the Copa del Rey defeat by Athletic Bilbao on Thursday
Mundo Deportivo described the performance of the referee in midweek as a 'scandal'
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