Brazil's Philippe Coutinho had a stinging long -
range shot parried over the bar, though his side's defense looked worryingly exposed to Paraguay's pace on the counter-attack.
Not exact matches
They held out until 39 minutes when Suarez smashed home his 13th goal in 10 games in all competitions from close
range, after a
shot from Ivan Rakitic had been
parried by the Guangzhou goalkeeper.
Kane fired in a
shot from long
range, which was
parried by Norwich goalkeeper Declan Rudd into the path of Alli, who was fouled by former Spurs defender Sebastien Bassong.
In fact, if Theo Walcott had been on his toes and had brought his finishing boots with him, then the Chilean's long
range shot which Tim Krul could only
parry would have made the game a lot less stressful.
Both of those goals had been scored by Salomon Kalou, one a close -
range header from Didier Drogba's astute cross, the second a tap - in after Frank Lampard's
shot was
parried.
Robin van Persie turned provider as he laid a delightful pass into Angel Di Maria who let loose a
shot which Mark Schwarzer in goal could only
parry into the path of an on rushing Falcao who got in - between two defenders to toe poke the ball home from close
range.
However, Luis Suarez opened the scoring in the 43rd minute for Barcelona, the Uruguay international tapped in from close
range against the run of play after Atleti keeper Miguel Angel Moya had only managed to
parry Lionel Messi's
shot.
minute for Barcelona, the Uruguay international tapped in from close
range against the run of play after Atleti keeper Miguel Angel Moya had only managed to
parry Lionel Messi's
shot.