Copa del Rey: Barcelona take 2-1 first-leg win
Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in the first leg of Copa del Rey quarter-final on Thursday. Without the rested Lionel Messi and the suspended Luis Suarez, the Catalan giants took an early 2-0 lead through Munir El Haddadi and Neymar. Aritz Aduriz pulled one back for Bilbao in the closing stages. The second leg will be played on January 27.