Luis Suárez has given Atlético a huge leap in quality in the area that needed it most. A player who does not fail in the area and who, in addition, always shows up in hot moments. The Uruguayan solved a very suffered game for the rojiblanco team, who had seen Eibar become strong with their very high pressure and offered practically no cracks.
Atlético was not able to command in the game with the ball, but had in Suárez the figure to hold on to and that he resolved the match with two definitions of carats, in addition to generating an opportunity for João Félix, which are worth three points to increase the difference in the table with Real Madrid and Barcelona. He is not as fast as before (tomorrow he turns 34), but handles the body like no one else and has the ability to always be in the right place, on the edge of the offside but enabled. In the first goal he took advantage of a loose ball in the area after pressure from Llorente and crossed it masterfully against Dmitrovic. In the second he received a ball in the 89th minute starting from his own field and caused a penalty that ended up being converted by Panenka.
A script that had already been lived in the last rojiblanca outing, when Felipe's own goal had complicated the game against Alavés, but it also appeared at the last minute the figure of Suárez to take the three points of Mendizorroza taking advantage of a great ball from João Félix to the far post. Once recovered from the coronavirus, he has returned to picking up pace and in the in the last six league games he has scored six goals, also making the only goal of the match to defeat Getafe or a double in the 3-1 victory against Eibar. Total, Suárez's goals have given Atlético nine points, the most in the competition together with Gerard Moreno and En Nesyri.
With his double in Ipurua, the Uruguayan has equaled Messi as Pichichi of LaLiga. With his eleven goals in his first 14 league games, Suárez has become Atlético's best scorer in the 21st century. Data that were not seen since Hasselbaink in the 1999-00 season, when he also scored eleven goals in the first 14 days and finished with 24, but the team ended up descending to the Second Division despite the great role of the Dutchman. With his eleven goals before the end of the first round (Atlético has the match against Levante and Athletic pending), Suárez is already one goal away from Morata, rojiblanco's top scorer in the league in all of last season.
Atlético goes through a moment of football downturn. In the last matches, it is difficult for him to send the ball and be so deep and protagonist as in the beginning of the season. However, despite the small game bump, the points are coming. 13 victories in the last 14 days that serve to extend the advantage at the top of the table with their pursuers. A few last triumphs supported by the goals of Suárez, who has become the leader of the leader and who are very important if you want to be able to fight for the title.
A first-rate striker who came from Barcelona wanting to show that he is still a unique killer. “Suárez is extraordinary and we are very happy that he is with us” Simeone indicated after achieving victory in Eibar. The Uruguayan forward himself explained that “I knew that I came to a club that always fights for important things. If I can help with goals, assists or work… I will always be happy. If the team is plugged in and engaged and we all contribute what we can, each one in his place, we can achieve important things. “A union for now with an unbeatable result and that has returned the Atletico fans to dream strongly of a top-level striker in their ranks, who puts what he has and gives points like nobody else.