{"id":63326,"date":"2014-11-08T18:07:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=63326"},"modified":"2014-11-08T18:19:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:19:30","slug":"barcelona-come-behind-beat-almeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=63326","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona come from behind to beat Almeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Substitute Luis Suarez inspired Barcelona to a first La Liga win in three matches as they came from behind to beat Almeria.<\/p>\n<p>The former Liverpool striker created second-half goals for fellow substitute Neymar and Jordi Alba to move Barca temporarily top of the league.<\/p>\n<p>Thievy Bifouma gave Almeria, without a home win all season, a surprise lead.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi, who needs two more goals to break the La Liga scoring record, hit the crossbar in both halves.<\/p>\n<p>The victory moved Barcelona up from fourth to top, a point ahead of Real who play Rayo Vallecano on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/78856000\/jpg\/_78856333_barca_afp.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><strong>Lionel Messi had previously scored 10 goals in nine league meetings with Almeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Suarez and Neymar had been surprisingly left on the bench following successive league defeats by Real Madrid and Celta Vigo but came to the visitors&#8217; rescue to save them from a third successive league defeat for the first time since 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez, who returned from a four-month ban for biting against Real a fortnight ago, squared for Neymar to tap home with 17 minutes left before the Uruguayan played Alba through for the winner on 82.<\/p>\n<p>He also struck a shot against the crossbar in an impressive 45-minute cameo.<\/p>\n<p>Messi equalled Raul&#8217;s Champions League scoring record of 71 goals with two against Ajax in midweek, but was unable to break Telmo Zarra&#8217;s scoring record of 251 goals on a frustrating afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>He has now failed to find the net in three league games as he remains one goal behind Zarra&#8217;s tally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/78856000\/jpg\/_78856335_024647734-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi \" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><strong>Lionel Messi has gone three games without scoring in La Liga, his worst such run since January<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/78856000\/jpg\/_78856337_024648949-2.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona v Almeria\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><strong>Almeria are yet to win at home in the league this season<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/78856000\/jpg\/_78856904_024650176-1.jpg\" alt=\"Luis Suarez\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><strong>Luis Suarez hit the bar for Barca in the second half<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Substitute Luis Suarez inspired Barcelona to a first La Liga win in three matches as they came from behind to beat Almeria. 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