Rafinha lavished praise on Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez following Saturday's 2-1 win over Almeria.

Suarez started the match on the bench, but provided two second-half assists to help his team claim all the points in the La Liga clash.

"We know he's one of the best in the world and we're fortunate to have him on our team. He had a great match," Rafinha told AS.

"We were able to get the victory and these three points are important. We had chances but couldn't score , but we kept going forward and the goals came.

"There are very strong teams in this League and we have to keep pushing. It's not going to be easy."

Suarez is still looking for his first goal in a Barcelona shirt.