Luis Suarez hat trick leads Barcelona past Eibar, Martinez scores for Atleti

Hat-trick hero Luis Suarez led Barcelona to a 3-1

win over a hard-fighting Eibar to go level on

points with La Liga leaders Real Madrid.

Borja struck to hand Eibar a shock lead after 10

minutes, but Suarez headed Barca level at the

Camp Nou 11 minutes later. The forward then

added his second three minutes after half-time,

and completed his treble to wrap up the win five

minutes from time.

Luis Enrique's club are still playing without

talisman Lionel Messi, who suffered a knee injury

in Sept. 26 and is not fit to play yet.

Since Messi's injury, Neymar or Suarez have been

involved in 14 of Barcelona's 15 goals in La Liga

and Champions League.

Neymar's five assists this season have come in the

past three games with two versus BATE Borisov,

one against Rayo Vallecano and two more Sunday

in the win over Eibar.

Atletico Madrid defeated Valencia 2-1 to stay

within two points of Real Madrid and Barcelona at

the top of the Primera Division.

The home side's pressure grew during the first

half and goals from Jackson Martinez and Yannick

Carrasco were the least they deserved.

A 72nd-minute penalty from Paco Alcacer gave

Valencia hope of stealing a point, but the hosts

held on.

David Moyes' Real Sociedad moved clear of the

relegation zone with a thumping 4-0 win at 10-

man Levante.

Carlos Vela set the visitors on their way and

rounded off the scoring late in the second half,

while Imanol Agirretxe netted before half-time to

double the visitors' lead and Asier Illarramendi

grabbed his first goal since returning to the club.

The Basques move up to 14th place in the table

with this morale-boosting win -- three points clear

of Levante, who slip down to 19th.

Elsewhere, lowly Las Palmas claimed a hard-

earned point against high-flying Villarreal as their

match ended 0-0.

Las Palmas restricted their opponents to few

chances for the draw, but remain in the

relegation zone, while Villarreal are fourth, four

points behind leaders Real Madrid.



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