Watch all of Barcelona’s 8 goals vs Deportivo La Coruna
Luis Suarez netted four times and set up three more to help Barcelona to an 8-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna at Estadio Riazor on Wednesday, ending the champions’ four-game winless streak in La Liga.
Key Opta stats:
-Luis Suarez is the first player to have a hand in seven goals in a La Liga game in the 21st century (four goals, three assists).
-Deportivo suffered the biggest La Liga defeat in their history.
-Luis Suarez has the most the goals (49) and assists (21) of any Spanish-based player this season (all competitions).
-Lionel Messi has supplied two assists in an away game for the first time this season (all competitions).
Luis Suarez has now scored 30 goals in La Liga in 2015/16. Excluding Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the last Barcelona player to reach 30+ goals was Samuel Eto’o (30 in 08/09).
-Luis Suarez has scored six hat-tricks this season, as many as Cristiano Ronaldo (all competitions).
-Ivan Rakitic has both scored and assisted in a game for Barcelona for the first time this season (all comps).
-Lionel Messi has scored more goals at Riazor than in any other rival ground in La Liga (10 goals).