Espanyol vs Barcelona (1-0) All Goals & Highlights 2018 !!! (link in bottom)

Lionel Messi missed a penalty in the second half as FC Barcelona suffered a 1-0 loss to Espanyol in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarterfinal tie.

Luis Suarez was left out of the Barca line up, as Lionel Messi led the attack with Denis Suarez and Aleix Vidal.
The visitors looked threatening in the early stages as Sergio Busquets forced Diego Lopez into a fine save inside the opening 10 minutes.
Espanyol were content on sitting back with the hope of catching Barca on the break, although they struggled to get out of their own half.
That proved to be the trend for the rest of the first half as the sides went into the break scoreless.
Messi went close to breaking the deadlock 10 minutes into the second half, but his long range strike was saved by Lopez.
Shortly after the hour mark, Barca were awarded a penalty when Sergi Roberto was brought down. Messi stepped up but saw his spot-kick saved by Lopez.
With 10 minutes remaining, Ernesto Valverde introduced Rafinha for Denis Suarez as they pushed for a winning goal.
The Catalan giants threw numbers forward in search of an opening goal, but it was Espanyol who secured the winning goal as Melendo turned home a cross from David Navarro to seal a shock win for the hosts.

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