Barcelona striker Luis Suarez believes the Catalans need to accept that they are in for a difficult season after their defeat away to Granada on Saturday night.

The Spanish champions lost 2-0 at the Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes as their miserable away form continued with a deserved defeat to the promoted side.

Barca failed to create any clear chances in Granada, even after Lionel Messi came on for the second half, and Suarez told Movistar LaLiga after the game: “It’s a worrying defeat, a defeat that hurts. And a defeat which we will have to look at closely because there are lots of things we need to improve on.”

This was Barcelona’s second loss in five La Liga games and means the Catalans have picked up just one point from a possible nine on the road this season in the Primera Division.

“Nothing is confirmed at this stage, but these are games which give you La Liga,” Suarez said. “In other years, we won these type of games at the end or with ease.

“We have to be more convincing and we have to be aware that this is [going to be] a tough year.”

Barca found themselves behind inside two minutes against Granada as Ramon Azeez headed home following a mistake by Junior Firpo in the build-up and Suarez said: “We can’t be losing so early on. That made everything more difficult.

“We had possession, but we weren’t convincing. We have to analyse what happened. We’re at Barca and we have the obligation to go out and win… not to start as we did.”