In Spain, Barcelona welcomed city rivals Espanyol to the Nou Camp last night, needing to overturn a 1-0 defeat from the first leg of their Copa Del Rey quarter-final. In their first loss since August, Barca went down to a single goal a week ago with Lionel Messi missing a penalty. But the Argentinian would redeem himself by getting on the score sheet yesterday while all the talk was about the man making a first appearance for the La Liga leaders as Philippe Coutinho came off the bench.

Before kickoff, a special goodbye is given to midfielder Javier Mascherano who is has joined Hebei Fortune in the Chinese Super League.

Nine minutes in Luis Suarez heads in Aleix Vidal's cross for the opener.

Messi puts Barcelona ahead 16 minutes later with a deflected long-range effort.

The big moment comes on 68 minutes when the Brazilian, Coutinho, replaces Andres Iniesta and takes the field for the first time in a Barca shirt.

The 142 million pound man can't get a debut goal though and the Catalans win 2-0 to progress to the semi-finals 2-1 on aggregate.