Barcelona striker Luis Suarez on the team and player he dreads facing the most

If you tried to think of the player the Uruguay forward detests facing most, you might have a nibble at Giorgio Chiellini of Juventus or Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic - for obvious reasons. And you'd be wrong again.

Instead, in a terrific tribute to Atletico Madrid and their captain Diego Godin, Suarez has spoken of why he doesn't like facing Diego Simone's tactically astute team and his Uruguay team-mate.

That's right: Suarez, who netted an incredible 59 times last season and has 229 goals in 334 matches for Nacional, Groningen, Ajax, Liverpool and Barcelona - finds coming up against his countryman comparable to a trip to the dentist.

Suarez scored twice in a 2-1 win against Atletico at the Nou Camp in the Champions League quarter-finals against last season's losing finalists, but was powerless to prevent Barca tumbling out 2-0 in the second leg.

"I'll tell you that there's nothing that thrills me less than playing against Atlético," said Suarez.

"They're so annoying. There's Godin, who is a nuisance, he's always there next to me.

"He annoys me a lot, but I do that to him too."

Like Mardrid, Barca have found Atletico a tough nut to crack in recent seasons.

They drew 1-1 with them at the Camp Nou in 2014 on the final day of the season as Atletico won their first Spanish title since 1996 and were also ousted by them 2-1 on aggregate in the Champions League last eight two years ago.