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Richard Garnett

Luis Suarez breaks Liverpool hearts as two goals win title for boyhood club

Luis Suarez put in a man-of-the-match performance and scored a brace against a very familiar name as he helped boyhood team Club Nacional lift their 49th Uruguayan championship on Sunday.

The Uruguayan, who was once idolised at Anfield, found the net twice in the championship final, helping to secure a 4-1 win against South American side Liverpool, after extra time.

Now 35, Suarez, who scored 82 goals in 133 appearances for the English Liverpool across three and a half seasons, re-joined Nacional after leaving Atletico Madrid in the summer. He has gone on to score six goals in 13 appearances since moving back to his home country.

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Suarez was proven to be a highly controversial figure during his spell in English football, but still won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2014, with 31 goals and was declared both PFA Players' Player of the Year and Football Writers' Player of the Year in the same season.

The veteran forward gave Club Nacional the lead in Estadio Centenario in Montevideo just before the hour mark after embarking on a typical scintillating solo run before slamming home a second five minutes into extra-time. Emanuel Gigliotti grabbed two more as Nacional ran away with the game, sparking wild scenes of celebration.

The triumph was Suarez's 20th career trophy, having already won five La Liga titles, the Champions League and the League Cup in England with Liverpool.

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