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Luis Suarez said "records are there to be broken" after his goal helped Uruguay beat hosts Russia 3-0 on Monday and clinch top spot in Group A with three straight wins.

Suarez scored his second goal of the tournament and his seventh in World Cup finals to leave him just one behind Uruguay's all-time top scorer, Oscar Miguez.

"I am happy ... records are there to be broken," he said after the game, noting that it was also the first time Uruguay had won three matches in a row at a World Cup.

"It's obviously what we wanted. We wanted to keep growing throughout the World Cup and after winning two matches 1-0, we wanted to do better today."

At the tournament four years ago, Suarez was expelled for inexplicably sinking his teeth into the shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a group match.

It was the third time he had been guilty of biting an opponent in a match and resulted in a nine-match ban from playing for Uruguay and a four-month ban from all football.

But in Russia he has remained calm after being criticised for missing chances in Uruguay's first game, growing into the tournament.

But when a journalist asked him why he was not looking happier after Monday's game, he said: "What a waste of time. Next question please."

Source: espn.co.uk

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