No fresh injury concerns for Luis Enrique

Meanwhile, the boss asked for “calm” over Lionel Messi’s contract following a week of a lot of controversial talks regarding the long-term future of the Argentina global at the Nou Camp.

In December, Suarez signed till 2021, while Neymar had signed an extension of similar length two months earlier.

There are speculations that the player may not extend his contract at the club following alleged tax fraud he was involved in 2016.

“There aren’t any nerves”.

He has been named the world’s best player five times by Federation Internationale de Football Association, and at the age of 29 remains as influential as ever at Barcelona. Of course it is an essential renewal for the club.

“I always say to Barca fans to be calm”.

But the Uruguay forward, who this week scored his 100th Barca goal against Athletic Bilbao, stopped short of describing the latest win as Barca’s best performance of the season.

Club manager Luis Enrique knows what it takes to win this competition, having led the Catalans to success in each of the past two seasons.

Ter Stegan will return in goal and Javier Mascherano and Lucas Digne could also come into the defense, while Ivan Rakitic and Denis Suarez have options of starting alongside Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta in midfield.

Seconds later the Uruguayan should have sealed his hat-trick, but Turan slotted home the rebound after Varas denied Suarez as Barca struck 3 times in just 6 minutes.

“What I am most happy with is the attitude of the team without the ball”.

Las Palmas were still a threat though and Boateng picked up a yellow card in the 55th minute for a weird flying handball as the former AC Milan midfielder desperately tried to get his team back in the match. But getting the ball back from them quickly we were able to generate chances.

“The defensive work has been wonderful. In that sense it was without doubt our best performance of the season and one of the best since I have been here”, said Enrique. “The reading [of the game] was excellent on a defensive level”.