Barcelona keep title hopes alive with away victory

By Emre Asikci

ANKARA (AA) - Spanish football giants Barcelona defeated Villarreal 4-1 on Sunday night to raise hopes for La Liga title.

Playing at El Madrigal stadium, Barca opened the scoring with an own-goal by Spanish defender Pau Torres as Gerard Moreno equalized the match, making it 1-1.

Barcelona's Uruguayan star Luis Suarez put the ball into Villarreal's net while the other scorers for the victory were French forward Antoine Griezmann and teenage forward Ansu Fati, 4-1.

Meanwhile, away side had found a goal with Argentine star Lionel Messi in the 69th minute but it was disallowed after VAR review.

Having 73 points, Barcelona is currently four points behind league leaders Real Madrid with four games left to play.

Villareal is in the fifth spot with 54 points in 34 games.

Also, Luis Suarez became Barcelona’s third-highest scorer of all-time to level with Hungarian legend Ladislao Kubala on 194 goals.

Suarez is only behind Cesar Rodriguez (232) and Messi (630).