Breaking Down Luis Suarez's Performance for Barcelona vs. Eibar

If it wasn't Luis Suarez's worst 90 minutes for Barcelona, then it probably wasn't too far off it.

After being selected alongside Neymar and Lionel Messi in a strong looking Barca attack, and up against a side that had lost their last seven in a row, the Uruguayan may have thought there would be easy pickings at Ipurua, the home of Eibar.

The difference in wealth and the gulf in class between the two sides were immediately evident and provided La Liga connoisseurs with another "David and Goliath" fixture.

Despite a huge difference in early possession stats, which were stacked heavily in favour of the visitors, as might be expected, Barca couldn't take advantage.

Gaizka Garitano's side provided a stubborn resistance at times.

Let's take a look at how Suarez fared overall.

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Movement

This was possibly the weakest part of his game against Eibar, and Luis Enrique might well have cause for complaint here.

Suarez appeared to be busy on the pitch, trying to engineer space when possible, however, his heat map via WhoScored.com reveals that in fact he barely worked hard at all.

Some excellent defending from Raul Navas and Lillo in particular kept Suarez at arm's length and Garitano can at least claim a victory of sorts.

He did escape the shackles on two or three occasions to feed Messi in the main, but those glimpses were few and far between and that's not good enough at this level.

With the greatest of respect to Eibar, against this calibre of opposition, players such as Suarez need to impose themselves to a far greater extent.

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Pass completion 

Just 39 touches of the ball in a game such as this one is very poor. When matched against his team-mates, only goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had significantly less time on the ball.

Xavi Hernandez even managed 38 in the short space of time he was on the field.

A 77.8 percent pass success from Suarez, per WhoScored, seems reasonable enough when compared to Messi who had exactly the same stats.

Yet the Argentine had made more than double the passes of his colleague.

Neymar's 73.1 percent seems poor in comparison but when you consider he made 63 completed passes, it puts a little more perspective on the application of the Uruguayan.

Chances

That it took until the last minute of injury time before Suarez had a clear sight of goal is the biggest indication that this wasn't the former Liverpool man's night.

If he scores the goals to secure safe passage in the Champions League or an El Clasico win, then this performance will soon be forgotten.