After winning 3-2 in Paris and taking a 1-0 lead with an early Raphinha goal in the return, Barca collapsed after going down
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This was after a thrilling 3-1 home win over Napoli in their last-16 second leg gave them a deserved 4-2 aggregate victory on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old brings down the curtain on a career which included a World Cup and two European Championship wins with Spain, two Premier League titles at Chelsea and a La Liga trophy with Barcelona.
Barcelona have revealed that Ousmane Dembele is facing “three or four weeks” on the sidelines after picking up a hamstring injury during Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 second leg with Lyon.
Pique, who was whistled throughout for making provocative comments which upset Espanyol fans after FC Barcelona knocked their rivals out of the King’s Cup in January, buried Lionel Messi’s free kick.
The 22-year-old was part of the French side that made it all the way to the final of Euro 2016
Espanyol’s first attempt on goal came in the 30th minute when Felipe Caicedo outmuscled Gerard Pique inside the box, but it was ultimately a comfortable save for stand-in goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen
The first came for Ruben Castro following a quick break, but the Spaniard’s goal-bound strike was deflected over by Javier Mascherano, before Bruno Gonzalez tested Claudio Bravo with a header from the resulting corner
Real Madrid have also not won a league match at Camp Nou since April 2012 and Los Blancos will have revenge on their mind having taken a 4-0 thumping in the reverse clash at the Bernabeu earlier this season
A double from Lionel Messi has placed the Spanish giants in firm control of the tie as Luis Enrique looks to lead the reigning champions into the final eight of the competition for the ninth consecutive season
The Gunners have been eliminated at this stage of the competition in each of the last five seasons, while Barca are bidding to become the first team to successfully defend Europe’s premier competition since AC Milan in 1990
With Lionel Messi and Neymar both unavailable, Suarez was the focal point of the attack and he smashed home the opener after Ivan Rakitic’s shot was spilled
Neymar broke the deadlock midway through the opening period after collecting a low cross from Dani Alves, curling the ball into the top corner
The defeat to Sevilla was the team’s first since a 0-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the pre-season Audi Cup in August, and ended a run of three straight wins in the Spanish top flight
As well as some impressive league form to look back on, Barcelona also hold a standout record against Bayer.
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Bilbao ended up seventh in the table, five points adrift of the final Europa League spot, but they had a strong end to the campaign. They were unbeaten in their final seven matches of the season and have lost just four of their last 20 games in all competitions, including an impressive 4-0 triumph over Villarreal on the final day
In a press conference, the 35-year-old said: “The decision is definitive yet difficult. I’m happy to have stayed at Barca this year. It was tough to make a decision. I want to thank the fans. They’ve been great to me
Messi claimed the crucial goal just past the hour mark, exchanging passes with Neymar on the edge of the area, slaloming into the box, past the lunging defenders, and finishing calmly
Later in the half, the leaders missed another chance when Messi delivered an inch-perfect cross to the left side of the area for Luis Suarez, only for the Uruguayan to miss the target as Luis Enrique’s men failed to make the most of their first-half dominance