Luis Suarez defends Gerard Pique's gesture to Espanyol fans

LALIGA | El gesto de Piqué silenciando a Cornellà — Así fue la celebración de Gerard Piqué tras marcarle al Espanyol en Cornellà-El Prat. El central azulgrana mandó callar al estadio espanyolista / | LALIGA

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08/02/2018 Upd. at 12:50 CET

The Uruguayan forward agreed it was the least he could have done

Luis Suarez spoke in an interview with La Vanguardia.

PIQUE

"Gerard has put up with a lot of things over many games. Players always have to take what they say on the chin, but you have to say he was right, because it was the least he could do after they bring his kids and wife into it, that was the worst thing."

MESSI CONNECTION

"It's a feeling that comes from the day to day, to be together each morning to take mate before training, to speak, to get on well, to be a Uruguayan and an Argentine, to be the same age, to have wives that get on well, to have kids of similar ages and share things. For me he's not Leo Messi, he's Leo, my team-mate and my friend, and I'll always see him like that. If it ends up that later, on the pitch, he's the best in the world, then great. But off it he's another friend."

Valverde

"It's surprised me how calm he is when it's time to explain things, the certainty with which he talks and how open the team is in general. He has no problem explaining things to Denis Suarez, for example, even though he plays less, or anyone else. For him, everyone is equal."

DERBY TENSION

"I am of the school of thought that if the opponent insults me, tells me I'm shit, syas anything about me or my sister, I will never go to the media to say it. I take it all. It doesn't annoy me, it doesn't upset me, it's part of the game."

Coutinho

"He's young, I've been pals with him since Liverpool and we kept that up after I left. One's always a bit nervous when you arrive at Barca and I've tried to help him, he's started very well."