Guardiola, who took over at City before the start of the season, won two Champions League, three La Liga and two King’s Cup titles as Barcelona FC coach
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Barca’s fabled attacking trio of Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were kept quiet for the vast majority of the opening 45 minutes
Diego Simeone’s side have only won one of their last 12 meetings with Barcelona
Zinedine Zidane’s side remain one point clear of Barcelona with a game in hand
The Enyimba winger was signed on loan by the five-time European champions in January for an initial six months, with the possibility of signing for an additional two years if he impresses at the club at the end of the current season
The charges relate to the player’s £48.6 million transfer to the Camp Nou from Brazilian club, Santos, in the summer of 2013
The champions under performed again after Tuesday’s 4-0 UEFA Champions League defeat at Paris St-Germain and had goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to thank for a string of great saves
Barcelona had only scraped a draw at Real Betis earlier on Sunday, but Madrid put everything in full gear when they hosted Sociedad at Bernabeu
It also made him top scorer in the history of the derby with 18 goals
It took Barcelona just three minutes to make the breakthrough on the night
The Chilean goalkeeper completed his medical at the club earlier this week
The Spanish champions entered the match holding a two-goal advantage from the first leg in Seville and it proved to be a comfortable success for Luis Enrique’s side, who have claimed their first trophy of the 2016-17 campaign
The Argentinian superstar is suffering from renal colic, a stomach pain often caused by kidney stones
The European champions took control from the start and Lionel Messi saw an early effort turned behind by Wojciech Szczesny, before Neymar had a goal ruled out after turning the ball in from close range
The award was presented by ECA President, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, in recognition of the Camp Nou side’s successes last season both domestically and internationally
Guardiola indicated that Spanish midfielder, Javi Martinez, could start, more than eight months after tearing cruciate ligaments in his left knee during the German Super Cup match against Borussia Dortmund in mid-August
The hosts quickly assumed control of the match and were agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock on the night after just six minutes when Dani Alves picked the pocket of Vincent Kompany on the edge of the area before sliding the ball through to compatriot Neymar
The Primera Division outfit turned to CAS in August after Fifa rejected their appeal to overturn a two-window ban, which was handed to them by the world football’s governing body in April due to concerns over the ”international transfer of minors”
The Ligue 1 champions were without talismanic striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as well as Thiago Silva and Ezequiel Lavezzi, but held off late Barca pressure to end the visitors’ unbeaten start to the campaign and dampen an historic occasion for midfielder Xavi
Messi, who plays for Barcelona FC of Spain, was announced the winner of the most prestigious football award on Monday evening