Luis Suarez gets hit by the ball and claims foul in Champions League game vs Lyon

Luis Suarez couldn’t break his goalless streak in Champions League away games, but wrongly claimed a foul against Lyon.

Barcelona were held to a goalless draw by Lyon in the first leg of the round-of-16 clash in the Champions League.

The French side held the fort as they denied Barcelona an opportunity to score throughout the game.

Luis Suarez’s goalless streak in away games in the tournament continued last night. The former Liverpool striker has not scored in an away Champions League game since 2015. Throughout this period, he has played in 16 away matches.

The striker was also involved in a rather embarrassing incident during the game. He went down and claimed a foul after being hit by a ball.

Here’s the video:

Only Mad Dog Suarez could be hit with a ball & claim a violent foul. pic.twitter.com/TEZ6UN26U6

— M•A•J (@Ultra_Suristic) February 19, 2019

 

Luis Suarez is yet to open his goalscoring account in the Champions League this season. He has scored only four goals in his last 25 games in the tournament.

This is how Twitter reacted to Suarez’s performance:

What has happened to Luis Suárez?

– 4 Goals in his last 25 CL games
– 1 Goal in his last 15 CL Games.
– 0 Goals in 5 CL Games this season.
– Hasn’t scored an away CL goal since 2015. pic.twitter.com/ldX1aJaO7x

— 234BET (@234BetOfficial) February 19, 2019

24h – As of the 22nd minute of tonight’s game against Lyon, Luis Suarez has gone a full day of game time (1440 minutes) without scoring away from home in the Champions League, last netting against Roma in September 2015. Strange. pic.twitter.com/7mzz0w03AO

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 19, 2019

Things you could do in the 1508 minutes since Luis Suarez scored an away #UCL goal:

Walk from Anfield to Old Trafford – and back 🏟
Watch Game of Thrones season 7 three times 📺
Listen to Ariana Grande’s new album 36 times 🎶 pic.twitter.com/i5dq2jjd7Y

— Goal (@goal) February 19, 2019

Luis Suárez has failed to score in his last 16 UCL away games:

❌ vs BATE
❌ vs Arsenal
❌ vs Atlético
❌ vs Gladbach
❌ vs Man City
❌ vs Celtic
❌ vs PSG
❌ vs Juve
❌ vs Sporting
❌ vs Olympiacos
❌ vs Juve
❌ vs Chelsea
❌ vs Roma
❌ vs Spurs
❌ vs Inter
❌ vs Lyon pic.twitter.com/GEQ5zYbpqz

— #BartomeuDimision (@fchawler) February 20, 2019

Luis Suárez has failed to score in his last 16 UCL away games:

❌ vs BATE
❌ vs Arsenal
❌ vs Atlético
❌ vs Gladbach
❌ vs Man City
❌ vs Celtic
❌ vs PSG
❌ vs Juve
❌ vs Sporting
❌ vs Olympiacos
❌ vs Juve
❌ vs Chelsea
❌ vs Roma
❌ vs Spurs
❌ vs Inter
❌ vs Lyon pic.twitter.com/GEQ5zYbpqz

— #BartomeuDimision (@fchawler) February 20, 2019

Luis suarez heatmap today pic.twitter.com/e5DTlRKK8J

— Ali ⚽️🇲🇦 (@maghrebinn) February 19, 2019

Luis Suárez has scored 12 goals in his 20 Champions League home games for Barcelona.

But he’s only scored one in his last eight. 😰 pic.twitter.com/1oewrIJD9K

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 20, 2019

Luis Suárez in the #ChampionsLeague

4 goals in his last 25 games
1 goal in his last 15 games
0 goals this season
16 games without an away goal

If this was Benzema, he wouldn’t even be allowed to show his face in public. The press would have helped ship him out.

— RMadridHome (@RMadridHome_) February 20, 2019

When it comes to Luis Suarez he operates at the extreme ends of the scale: either the best striker in the world or the best donkey, no in between.

— El Máestro (@ElMaestrofcb) February 19, 2019