Neymar consistently great - Luis Enrique

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique had words of
encouragement for Neymar and Luis Suarez following
their sublime performances this campaign.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has taken the time to praise
Neymar ahead of Sunday's La Liga encounter with Eibar and
feels the 23-year-old has consistently been great for the
Catalans since joining them from Santos in 2013.

The Brazil international has been in sublime form in the past few
weeks, netting four times in the 5-2 win over Rayo Vallecano
last Saturday before setting up both of Barca's goals in their 2-0
Champions League victory against BATE, yet Luis Enrique is not
surprised by his recent goalscoring exploits.

"Are we seeing the best Neymar since he joined Barcelona? No,
I don't think so. He has always been a great player for us," the
Barcelona coach said at a news conference.

"He is a very special player, a unique player. He has been great
all these years.

"Obviously he is still developing, but he has been fantastic ever
since he came to Barcelona.

"He scores goals, provides assists and can make the
difference."

Sunday's encounter with Eibar comes one year after Luis
Suarez made his official debut for Barca and Luis Enrique had
words of encouragement for the Uruguay international, too.

"Suarez is as motivated as last year. It was a very special
season for him because he came back from suspension. He is
pretty much the same this year," Luis Enrique added.

"He has a lot of character and does not need any special
motivation. He is doing very well, contributing a lot, helping out
with assists and I am very happy with his performances.

"We attack in a very structured way. We have a lot of
possession of the ball. Suarez is a centre forward who uses
space superbly. He is a basic pillar of our team both on and off
the ball. He is doing exactly what we want him to do.

"Suarez is one of the best attackers in the world at the moment.

He already was one of the best when he came here and has
adapted very well. He is very competitive and brings a different
type of character this club normally have."

Suarez and Neymar have stepped up in the absence of Lionel
Messi, who remains sidelined due to a knee injury, but Luis
Enrique does not expect his attackers to do anything extra now
that the Argentinian is unavailable.

"Of course you are seeing a different kind of football from them
because Messi is not there. He creates situations that we don't
see now, but Neymar and Suarez are not different players all of
a sudden.

"We don't have to overload them with added responsibilities and
expect something extra from them."