La Liga leader widen its gap

Barcelona moved nine points clear at the top of La Liga thanks to first-half goals from Luis Suarez and Neymar despite an unconvincing display in a 2-1 win at Las Palmas on Saturday.

Suarez opened the scoring early on with his 41st goal of the season, but Willian Jose equalized for the host inside 10 minutes.

Neymar restored the lead from close range before the break, but the European champion had to withstand a late onslaught from the Canary Islanders to stretch its unbeaten run in all competitions to 32 games.