Luis Suarez praised Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde after the team beat Sporting 1-0 in Lisbon.

"The coach knows how to read the games well and we have to adapt ourselves to what happens on the pitch. What we have to do is adapt ourselves to the circumstances of the play, we already don't have fixed positions on the pitch. We're doing well, it's positive, but with a new coach it's complicated at the start of a project.

"Valverde has shown that he's a great coach, who works seriously and the team have to help him. We scored, the team takes three points, which is tricky. It has a lot of merit and it's important to win these first games to later qualify."