BARCELONA moved to within a point of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga as Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi were on target in a 3-1 win at Granada on Saturday.

    Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring for the visitors as he profited from a mishit Suarez shot before half time and Suarez himself then prodded in the second just after the break.

    Fran Rico’s penalty briefly gave Granada hope, but Suarez teed up Messi to make the points safe 20 minutes from time.

    Real can restore a four-point gap over the Catalans when it hosts Villarreal in a later game.

    Barca boss Luis Enrique made four changes from the side that beat Manchester City in midweek and it took Barca players some time to get into their stride at Nuevo Los Carmenes.

    Xavi was one of those returning to the starting lineup and he forced former Barca goalkeeper Oier Olazabal into his first serious save from a rasping drive from the edge of the area. The hosts were unlucky not to be level at half time as the referee turned down huge penalty appeals when Dimitri Foulquier tumbled under pressure from Marc Bartra.(SD-Agencies)