Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona v Real Madrid - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - October 28, 2018 Barcelona's Luis Suarez celebrates scoring their fourth goal and completing his hat-trick REUTERS/Paul Hanna
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona's hat-trick hero Luis Suarez said they deserve extra credit for humiliating Real Madrid 5-1 in Sunday's 'Clasico' as they did it without the help of talisman Lionel Messi, who missed the game with a broken arm.
"It's better for Messi to play as he is the best in the world and he gives you a boost but we should be very proud as a team, as we showed that we are a great team without Messi and we have a great coach (Ernesto Valverde)," Suarez said.
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