Luis Suarez admitted that he would understand if Ernesto Valverde was angry with Barcelona after the La Liga champions left it late to snatch a 3-2 victory against Rayo Vallecano.
The Uruguay international opened the scoring at Campo de Futbol de Vallecas but goals either side of half-time for Jose Angel Pozo and Alvaro Garcia Rivera put the hosts in control of the encounter.
Barca ultimately came from behind to claim the three points and remain top of the league thanks to Ousmane Dembele 87th-minute equaliser and Suarez’s winning strike on the cusp on injury time.
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Yet the 31-year-old confessed that his side’s overconfidence was very nearly their downfall, acknowledging that manager Valverde had every right to be mad following their performance.