Madrid: A late strike from Suarez sealed an unimpressive win for Barcelona against Levante . The Catalans equalled a club record of 28 games unbeaten to move three points clear at the top of La Liga on Sunday.
The European champions were far from their best in coach Luis Enrique’s 100th game in charge, but David Navarro’s own goal and Luis Suarez’s strike in stoppage time was enough to secure a 10th consecutive win in all competitions.
Barca now lead Atletico Madrid by three points and have a game in hand on Diego Simeone’s men.
Fresh from hitting Gary Neville’s Valencia for seven in the Copa del Rey in midweek, Barca started with purpose and should have been ahead inside two minutes when Lionel Messi was wrongly flagged offside as he slotted home from Andres Iniesta’s pass.
However, Barca needed a slice of luck to open the scoring on 21 minutes as Jordi Alba burst down the left and his ball into the box was deflected into his own net by Navarro.
Levante came close to equalizing as Jose Luis Morales low effort came back off the post eight minutes before the break. Barca sealed the points deep into stoppage time as an unmarked Suarez scored his 35th goal of the season.