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Suarez, Neymar keep Barca on track
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 02 - 11 - 2015

Barcelona kept pace with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga Saturday as Luis Suarez and Neymar once again compensated for the absence of Lionel Messi with a goal apiece in a 2-0 win at Getafe.
Madrid was comfortable 3-1 winner over Las Palmas thanks to goals from Isco, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jese Rodriguez.
Neymar and Suarez have now combined for Barca's last 14 league goals since Messi went down with knee ligament damage over a month ago.
However, it was Sergi Roberto who shone brightest for Barca as his stunning backheel assist freed Suarez for the opener before also crossing for Neymar to volley home the second to cap off a rapid counter-attack.
Elsewhere, Celta Vigo moved ahead of Atletico Madrid into third as they twice came from behind to defeat David Moyes's Real Sociedad 3-2 at Anoeta.
Former Liverpool striker Iago Aspas equalized both times for the Galicians after Imanol Agirretxe had put Sociedad in front and Pablo Hernandez's stunning volley a minute from time moved the visitors to within three points of Madrid and Barca.
Villarreal secured its first win in four league games as goals either side of half-time from Mario Gaspar and Cedric Bakambu saw of Sevilla 2-1. Valencia moved up to sixth as three second-half goals handed it bragging rights against local rival Levante.
Inter beats Roma to take top spot
Inter Milan beat AS Roma 1-0 to replace them atop Serie A thanks to a Gary Medel strike, while Juventus returned to winning ways with a last-gasp Juan Cuadrado goal securing a 2-1 triumph over local rivals Torino Saturday.
Stevan Jovetic set up Medel who hit a low drive from outside the area after 31 minutes to give Inter the lead.
Roma's Mohamed Salah and Edin Dzeko missed chances and the visitors' miserable night continued when Miralem Pjanic handled after 73 minutes and was dismissed for a second yellow card.
The defeat ended Roma's five-game winning streak, leaving it in second place on 23 points, one behind Inter who recorded their seventh clean sheet of the campaign.
Juventus hosted Torino in the Turin derby hoping to avert further crisis following last week's defeat by Sassuolo, the champions' fourth loss of the season.
Paul Pogba opened the scoring after 19 minutes when he gathered a Cuadrado pass in his stride and flicked the ball up before slamming a half-volley past Daniele Padelli.
Torino equalized in the 51st when Cesare Bovo fired his free kick right at team mate Daniele Baselli, only to slam the rebound into the roof of Gianluigi Buffon's net.
The winner came in the second minute of stoppage time when Alex Sandro crossed for Cuadrado who slid in ahead of Bruno Peres to score from close range.
Lyon jumps to second
Lyon jumped up to second place in Ligue 1 after it edged past bottom side Troyes 1-0 Saturday, eventually taking advantage of playing almost an hour with a man advantage.
Claudio Beauvue converted a 78th-minute penalty as Hubert Fournier's side finally capitalized on Corentin Jean's first-half dismissal.
Lyon has taken 10 points from its past four matches but last season's runner-up is still 10 points behind runaway leader Paris Saint-Germain.
Earlier, Christophe Galtier's men brushed aside a slumping Reims side 3-0 with second-half goals from Robert Beric and Valentin Eysseric plus an own-goal from Prince Oniangue.
Gazelec Ajaccio strung together a second straight win as Mohamed Larbi struck twice to help the islanders beat Bordeaux 2-0, pulling level with 17th-placed Montpellier, who drew 1-1 at fellow strugglers Toulouse.
Benjamin Moukandjo struck deep into stoppage time to rescue a point for Lorient in a bad-tempered 2-2 draw at Brittany rivals Guingamp.


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