Luis Suarez defended Ernesto Valverde following Barcelona’s shock Supercopa de Espana semi-final loss to Atletico Madrid.

Wednesday’s El Clasico will take place with a political backdrop due to pre-game protests, but Ernesto Valverde expects no Camp Nou trouble.

Lautaro Martinez is reportedly wanted by the reigning La Liga champions.

Ernesto Valverde dismissed a question about whether he would step down after his side’s loss at the hands of Levante.

Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suarez also scored in a comfortable win over Eibar.

Barca signed Griezmann in July for €120million but Atletico Madrid claimed they were owed a further €80m.

Goals from Ramon Azeez and Alvaro Vadillo earned promoted Granada a famous 2-0 win.

Luis Suarez believes Neymar did everything he could to return to Camp Nou from Paris Saint-Germain.

Ernesto Valverde indicated the Barcelona captain will miss Friday’s game against Athletic Bilbao.

Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong and Neto have all joined Ernesto Valverde’s side.

Lionel Messi, meanwhile, claimed his sixth European Golden Shoe on Friday night.

Ernesto Valverde compared trying to forget Barcelona’s shock defeat to Liverpool to The Great Escape.

The La Liga champions were beaten 4-0 by Liverpool at Anfield.

Goals from Clement Lenglet and Jordi Alba saw off Real Sociedad as Barcelona step closer to the title.

The 31-year-old has not scored at this stage of the competition since 2013.

The champions moved 10 points clear of Atletico thanks to another inspirational display from their captain.

Barca took a big step towards defending their La Liga title with a win thanks to Ivan Rakitic’s first-half goal.

The Catalan side have only scored one goal in their last three matches in all competitions, but insists he’s not worried about their lack of cutting edge.

The Catalan club’s 6-1 victory overturned a 2-0 deficit from the first leg.

Kevin-Prince Boateng’s move to Barcelona surprised many, but Ernesto Valverde pointed to his track record in the transfer market.

Ernesto Valverde’s decision to rest the Argentina international almost backfired.

Levante will lodge a complaint over their Copa del Rey tie, but Ernesto Valverde insisted he was right to pick Chumi.

Erick Cabaco and Borja Mayoral were on target as Levante won tonight’s last-16 first-leg.

Barcelona moved five points clear at the top of La Liga after edging to a 2-1 victory in a tense match with Getafe.

The Argentine scored a double and set up another during a one-sided win for Barcelona.

Diego Costa’s header looked to have earned the hosts a priceless win.

After creating one goal and scoring another, Lionel Messi was replaced in the first half of Barcelona’s 4-2 victory.

Sevilla are the LaLiga leaders heading into the October international break after champions Barcelona could only draw away to Valencia.

Barcelona dropped points in La Liga for a third successive game, but it could have been worse had Lionel Messi not set up Munir El Haddadi.

“They want to take our players to the US, but the state of the grass today was a disgrace,” complained Gerard Pique.

The Brazilian midfielder scored a fine goal on his first appearance for Barcelona against Tottenham.

Levante’s Emmanuel Boateng hit a hat-trick and, although Philippe Coutinho scored a treble of his own, Barcelona’s “Invicibles” bid ended.

Barcelona are two games away from going the whole La Liga season unbeaten after they thrashed Villarreal.

Atleti’s chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin says the Catalan club are showing ‘an absolute lack of respect’.

Former Liverpool striker Iago Aspas grabbed a 2-2 draw for Celta Vigo against Barcelona.

The France international attacker is a prime target of the Catalan side but says he “really wants to score” against Barca on Sunday

Girona led through Portu at Barcelona but Luis Suarez’s hat-trick, a Lionel Messi double and Philippe Coutinho’s strike turned it around.

The France international has been linked with a move to Camp Nou and the Catalans’ coach has admitted he thinks he is a “great player”

The Catalan giants are currently eight points ahead of Real Madrid in La Liga, but their manager is taking nothing for granted against the Greek outfit

And Monsieur Beckham was watching on.