Deportivo La Coruña - FC Barcelona live updates

Sidnei just brushed aside and he is complaining about a shove but that looked fair enough.

GOAL BARCELONA! An early goal to cover the nerves as Suarez nips in, totally unmarked inside the six yard box direct from the corner.

STAT: Barcelona could lose four consecutive La Liga matches for the first time this century as they lost four in a row for the last time between October and November 1999: lost at Deportivo La Coruña (2-1), at home against Málaga (2-1), at Valencia (3-1) and at Mallorca (3-2), all under Louis van Gaal (first stint).

Pretty even start here. Barca in their yellow away strip putting a little pressure on now.

Barca were on an amazing run but it's three losses in a row for the first time since 2003.

Kick-off: Referee Ricardo de Burgos blows the whistle to get us underway here. Crucial match for Barca with Real to follow.

The players are in the tunnel and making their way out onto the pitch.

Lucas Perez (via FourFourTwo:) "We can decide La Liga. The destination will be told. I knew the league would be decided in May. A lot of people said it was already won, but it is a long season.''

Enrique continued (via ESPN): "There is not one solution, it is the sum of a number of different factors that have accumulated,. Against Valencia it was quite unfair that we lost that game because we were clearly the superior side. We were playing all the football, creating all the chances but didn't manage to turn the result around. I have nothing to criticise my team for, I think they have been doing the right things. If there is a team capable of doing it and much more given what they have done, it is this Barca.''

Luis Enrique: "Maybe it's because I'm from Gijon but I get high on adversity. You might find that strange - some people enjoy winning more; I like these kind of challenges. They motivate me. You can't imagine how I feel going into tomorrow's game and how thrilled we will be if we break this run. If it doesn't work out then I will be the first to congratulate who wins the league. Of course [I believe Barcelona will retain La Liga]. If I had any doubt about that I wouldn't be sitting here."

Here’s some pre-match reading to whet the appetite ahead of tonight’s key fixture.

Deportivo la Coruna: Manu; Laure, Sidnei, Navarro, Juanfran; Bergantinos, Mosquera, Borges; Cani; Riera, Lucas.