Barcelona striker Luis Suarez thanked former club Liverpool for raising the standard of his game during a three-and-a-half-year spell at Merseyside, but the Uruguayan is focused on knocking them out of the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday. "The reason I'm playing at Barcelona, at the elite level, is because of Liverpool," Suarez, who scored in Barcelona's 3-0 first leg victory last week, told reporters on Monday. "Being at Liverpool helped me in so many ways, it made me more professional, it helped me mature. "Celebrating the goal last week, people know the importance of scoring in a Champions League semi-final," Suarez added. "If I score tomorrow it will mean I can feel relaxed and Liverpool have to score more to qualify."

Source: dna May 06, 2019 18:00 UTC