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Barcelona coach Enrique mocks Suarez critics: You called him fat!

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has hailed the goalscoring record of Luis Suarez.

The Uruguayan striker brought up his 100th goal for the club in his 120th game in midweek.

“I mean 100 goals in 120 games, amazing. It's outrageous, some people [couldn't score that many] in training and without a goalkeeper, so you can see it was good decision to sign him, not just as a player, but as a person," the Barça coach said.

“When he first arrived you said he was overweight; now you're trying to find adjectives to describe how good he's been.

"Very few players in the world could get the sort of numbers he's managed. Those of us that decided to take a punt on him, we didn't make a mistake."

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