Manchester City’s match programme delivered a
temptation impossible for fate to resist when it
described Luis Suarez as “the dogsbody in this
trio of artful dodgers” in comparison to Barcelona
superstars Lionel Messi and Neymar.
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The Uruguayan striker known for his bite as well as
his bark demonstrated he is much more than a
mongrel among pedigree champions with both goals
in a 2-1 win that leaves City contemplating an
identical Champions League fate to last season, when they fell to Barcelona in the last 16.
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This was Suarez’s first game in England since his
farewell to Liverpool on 11 May and a 2-1 win against
Newcastle United that was scant consolation for a
late slump that cost them their first title in 24 years.
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And it was the first time he had faced goalkeeper Joe
Hart since he effectively ended England’s World Cup
campaign with both Uruguay goals in their 2-1 victory in Sao Paulo on 19 June.
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Suarez subsequently left Brazil in shame after biting
Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini before completing a £75m
move from Liverpool to La Liga with Barcelona.
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He may have gone but he was not forgotten. Suarez’s
name was greeted by a chorus of boos when it was
announced at Etihad Stadium – but within minutes he
was reminding City, Hart and the rest of English
football what it had been missing.
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