Suarez hits first Clasico hat-trick since 2014
Lionel Messi was absent due to injury but Barcelona striker Luis Suarez stepped up to the mark with a brilliant hat-trick against Real Madri
Luis Suarez hit the first Clasico hat-trick in four years as Barcelona pushed Julen Lopetegui towards the Real Madrid exit door with a 5-1 thumping at Camp Nou.
Suarez stepped up in the absence of injured Barca captain Lionel Messi with a sensational treble, the first of which came from the penalty spot after he was fouled by Raphael Varane.
A superb header put Barca 3-1 up and Suarez wrapped up his hat-trick with a terrific dinked finish over Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, before Arturo Vidal completed Sunday's scoring.
Suarez's hat-trick was the first scored by a Barca player other than Messi in the Clasico since Romario struck a treble against Los Blancos in 1994.
3 - Luis Suarez is the first player to score 3 goals in the Classico since Lionel Messi in March 2014. Cannibal. October 28, 2018
3 - Excluding Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez is the first player to score a hat-trick in in La Liga since Romário in 1994. Exhibition. October 28, 2018
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