A blown offside call ruled out one Neymar-to-Luis Suarez strike Wednesday — so the duo upped the ante and repeated the connection in spectacular fashion.
Trailing Athletic Bilbao 2-1 after a first-leg defeat in the Copa del Rey round of 16 encounter, Barca welcomed the underdog to Camp Nou for Wednesday's second leg.
Suarez beautiful goal , thank you Neymar for the assist @neymarjr @LuisSuarez9
— Neymar Messi Fans ⚽ (@Fc_barcelona_Gr) 11 de enero de 2017
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Eight minutes after Neymar was wrongly flagged for offside before teeing up a Suarez tap-in, the Brazilian again found himself in possession on the left flank. This time he floated a cross to the far post, with Suarez going airborne to drill home a volley and give Barca a 1-0 lead in the 35th minute.
It was Suarez's 100th goal in all competitions for Barca, and the 300th overall for the "MSN" trio of Lionel Messi, Suarez and Neymar.
The home side took that advantage into halftime, having tied the series 2-2 on aggregate while leading the away-goals tiebreaker.