Luis Suárez made his debut for Barcelona on Saturday in their 3-1 loss to Real Madrid.

Suárez made the pass that led to the first goal of the match, which was scored by Neymar after just three minutes of play.

“I’m happy to be back playing: it’s a big relief and I’m happy the time has passed,” Suárez said. “It’s a bittersweet feeling because of the result but this side has come back [from defeats] many times. Obviously, you always want to mark your debut with a victory, all the more so in games like this. But it didn’t happen.”

Suárez, who admitted Madrid had deserved the 3-1 victory, added: “It is very difficult to play here but I did all that I can and I leave here with the sensation that the team did everything. It wasn’t to be. Now we have to forget this game and think about our next opponents.

“We thought we had the game under control, we had chances to score and in games like this it is always difficult if you don’t take your chances. In the second half their speed caught us by surprise and they killed the game on the counterattack.”