Barcelona 3 – Athletic Bilbao 1
On Wednesday evening, Barcelona roared back to win their Copa del Rey tie against Athletic Bilbao thanks to three goals from the MSN.It was very much regular service resumed as Luis Suarez grabbed the opener, Neymar grabbed the second and Leo Messi scored yet another free-kick.
There were also some milestones along the way. Luis Suarez bagged his 100th goal for Barcelona (in quicker time than Leo Messi).
And as a trio, the MSN have now scored 301 goals for Barcelona.
For Neymar, his penalty also marked the end of a personal goal drought.
The Brazilian superstar had struggled for goals lately, failing to score for Barcelona in a competitive match since the 4-0 win over Manchester City in October.
Neymar has been playing with free spirit of late but it looks like he did take some of the criticism over his goal drought personally.
Four days ago, Madrid-based newspaper Marca posted an article in the aftermath of Barcelona’s 1-1 draw against Villarreal with the title: “La MSN, mucha M, poca S y nada N”.
Meaning: “The MSN, Messi More, Suárez Less, Neymar Nothing”.
Neymar’s response was pretty clever.
The former Santos star posted a selfie alongside Messi and Suarez with the following message: “(M)uito Pouco(S) (N)ada”.
Literally this means “Very”, “little” and “nothing”.
Perhaps the most amusing part of this is that Marca placed the article on Neymar’s social media activity after the game very far down the right hand side of their home page.
And, they also pointed out how Neymar hit up his social accounts within half an hour of the Copa del Rey match finishing.
Marca also made sure to tell their readers that the MSN have not all scored in a game since September and that Neymar’s goal against Bilbao was a penalty.
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