Suarez Hits Brace On Debut As Ruthless Atletico Madrid Thrash Granada 6-1

Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez climbed off the bench to hit a brace on his debut for Atletico Madrid as Diego Simeone’s side thrashed Granada 6-1 in the Spanish La Liga.

The highly-rated forward joined the Rojiblancos a few days ago from FC Barcelona to replace Alvaro Morata who has been transferred to Italian Serie A side Juventus.

In a clash against Granada at the Wanda Metropolitano today, Luis Suarez missed out on a starting role but was introduced after 71 minutes of play to replace Spanish forward Diego Costa.

Just a minute after coming on, the former Liverpool man assisted Marcos Llorente for Atletico Madrid’s 4^th goal of the game.

Later on the 85^th minute, Luis Suarez displayed sharpness in front of goal and scored his debut goal for his new team with an assist from Marcos Llorente.

With Jorge Molina grabbing a consolation goal for Granada 3 minutes later, Suarez will score again in added time to complete a sensational brace.

At the end of the game, the new signing finished with the highest rating [9.2] amongst all the players that feature for both teams.

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Goals from Diego Costa, Angel Correa, and Joao Felix before the introduction of Suarez completed the 6-1 demolition of Granada today.

Match stats provided by Modernghana Sports partners SofaScore indicates an improvement in the performance of Atletico Madrid with an added ruthlessness in front of goal.

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