5-star Barca close gap
Barcelona's Argentinean forward Lionel Messi (L) vies with Las Palmas' Croatian forward Marko Livaja (R) during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs UD Las Palmas at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 14, 2017. Photo: AFP
Luis Suarez scored twice and Lionel Messi continued his sensational form as Barcelona moved to within two points of La Liga leaders Real Madrid on Saturday with a 5-0 rout of Las Palmas.
Suarez opened the scoring after just 14 minutes, but Barca had to wait until early in the second-half to double their lead when Messi scored for the seventh straight game.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. And Barca turned their domination into further goals as Suarez's second, Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal's first goal for the club rounded off the scoring.
Victory eased a growing sense of unease around the Camp Nou this week with divisions between the squad and the club's board over ongoing talks to extend Messi's contract beyond 2018.
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