Luis Suarez hat trick leads Barcelona past Eibar, Martinez scores for Atleti

Hat-trick hero Luis Suarez led Barcelona to a 3-1
win over a hard-fighting Eibar to go level on
points with La Liga leaders Real Madrid.
Borja struck to hand Eibar a shock lead after 10
minutes, but Suarez headed Barca level at the
Camp Nou 11 minutes later. The forward then
added his second three minutes after half-time,
and completed his treble to wrap up the win five
minutes from time.
Luis Enrique's club are still playing without
talisman Lionel Messi, who suffered a knee injury
in Sept. 26 and is not fit to play yet.
Since Messi's injury, Neymar or Suarez have been
involved in 14 of Barcelona's 15 goals in La Liga
and Champions League.
Neymar's five assists this season have come in the
past three games with two versus BATE Borisov,
one against Rayo Vallecano and two more Sunday
in the win over Eibar.
Atletico Madrid defeated Valencia 2-1 to stay
within two points of Real Madrid and Barcelona at
the top of the Primera Division.
The home side's pressure grew during the first
half and goals from Jackson Martinez and Yannick
Carrasco were the least they deserved.
A 72nd-minute penalty from Paco Alcacer gave
Valencia hope of stealing a point, but the hosts
held on.
David Moyes' Real Sociedad moved clear of the
relegation zone with a thumping 4-0 win at 10-
man Levante.
Carlos Vela set the visitors on their way and
rounded off the scoring late in the second half,
while Imanol Agirretxe netted before half-time to
double the visitors' lead and Asier Illarramendi
grabbed his first goal since returning to the club.
The Basques move up to 14th place in the table
with this morale-boosting win -- three points clear
of Levante, who slip down to 19th.
Elsewhere, lowly Las Palmas claimed a hard-
earned point against high-flying Villarreal as their
match ended 0-0.
Las Palmas restricted their opponents to few
chances for the draw, but remain in the
relegation zone, while Villarreal are fourth, four
points behind leaders Real Madrid.

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