Luis Suarez scored the equaliser on Sunday night as Barcelona came from behind to beat Alaves 2-1 at the Camp Nou.The Uruguayan striker was fortunate not to be shown a straight red card - if La Liga used VAR, the referee would've had no choice but to send him off.Suarez, 31, was in awful form earlier this season but has now scored 11 goals in his last eight league outings for Barcelona.Only Leo Messi (20) has scored more goals than Suarez (16) in La Liga this season.Swedish forward John Guidetti put the visitors in front but late goals from Suarez and Messi maintained Barcelona's unbeaten league record.Ernesto Valverde's side boast an 11-point gap at the top of the table and currently lie 19 points clear of fourth placed Real Madrid.Whilst things are going well for Barcelona right now, Suarez can consider himself very fortunate that he wasn't shown a straight red card.
What Suarez did to an Alaves player
In the 85th minute, Suarez was being marked closely by Alaves defender Ruben Duarte from a corner.
The 22-year-old defender was left in a heap on the floor and replays showed that Suarez intentionally kicked him in the stomach.
The Barcelona striker has earned a reputation for biting his opponents so Duarte might consider himself lucky.
Watch footage of the incident below.
Fans want Suarez banned
The commentators didn't seem to notice what Suarez did but fans on Twitter certainly picked up on it.
Even Barca fans couldn't defend his actions
Suarez will be praying that VAR isn't introduced in Spanish football.
Barcelona have eight games in February - including a Copa del Rey semi-final against Valencia and a Champions League meeting with Chelsea - so will be thankful that the referee didn't spot Suarez's moment of madness.
"We are achieving our objectives as a team and at an individual level I am very happy," Suarez said to reporters after the game, as per Marca. "In the second half we knew what we had to do and we got three points."
Alaves were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty late on but Suarez insisted that the referee should've given him a penalty too.
"The ball hits Samu's [Umtiti] hand they are difficult situations in which the referee decides," Suarez noted. "But in the first half I should've been given a penalty too."