Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona: Goals, Highlights from the Copa Del Rey 1st Leg

Barcelona travelled to Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday night for the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final at the San Mames Stadium.

The two sides met as recently as Sunday, with the defending champions sending out a warning signal with a 6-0 thrashing, thanks in part to a Luis Suarez hat-trick:

The visitors were without Lionel Messi and Suarez, meaning Brazilian Neymar would lead the line without the other two-thirds of Luis Enrique's legendary front three.

It seemed to matter little when, after 18 minutes, Munir El Haddadi put them in front after Ivan Rakitic's superb assist.

"

Toma, toma, toma... goooooooooool de MUNIR!!!!! @SomosCule @FCBfanatics pic.twitter.com/MEZsv9v81b

— FCB (@nogolipo) January 20, 2016"

Only seven minutes later, Neymar capitalised on three defensive errors to double the advantage, a scoreline which would remain until half-time.

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Gol Neymar 2-0 # pic.twitter.com/6FMq5qFZKL

— Роке Ojeda (@pokeojeda) January 20, 2016"

It stayed 2-0 until very late on, when Aritz Aduriz gave Athletic a lifeline:

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Gol de Aduriz. #AthBilbao 1 - #Barcelona 2. Final del partido. Cuartos de final #CopaDelRey https://t.co/WK89xYzzS6

— Damián M. Verdasco (@ranamatius) January 20, 2016"

And 2-1 it finished, with Barcelona taking a slim lead with them back to the Camp Nou.

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