Luis Enrique may be missing his main man, but since the Argentine has been out the Catalan club's other two South American forwards have carried the load, writes Ben Hayward.

Panic struck for Barcelona when Lionel Messi was struck down through injury in the Liga clash at home against Las Palmas on Sept. 26, but time and again since then Neymar and Luis Suarez have shown that the Blaugrana have plenty to cheer for even without their Argentine attacker.

Messi managed only nine minutes before limping off at Camp Nou and traveling to the hospital for tests that later confirmed he would miss somehwere in the region of two months, placing his fitness in doubt for the Clasico clash at Real Madrid on Nov. 21.

And with the trip to the Santiago Bernabeu now just around the corner after the forthcoming international break, it looks like Messi may not be back in time. Recent performances from his two teammates, however, mean that may be less of a concern than it had first seemed.

Suarez stepped up immediately. The Uruguayan striker scored both goals in the 2-1 win over Las Palmas to get Barca through what was potentially a difficult afternoon, with the image of the club's finest footballer injured clearly in the minds of the players in an unpopular early kickoff at Camp Nou.

No messi no problem ..
we got Suarez and Naymar