Neymar sinks Atletico
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique said he had to substitute two-goal star Neymar to prevent the Brazilian from being injured as his side's Copa del Rey quarterfinal, second leg with Atletico Madrid turned nasty.
The Catalans went through 4-2 on aggregate after coming from behind twice to win 3-2 on the night as Atletico were reduced to nine men and were lucky not to be more harshly punished when Arda Turan was only booked for throwing his boot at an assistant referee.
Neymar had already put Atletico's hopes of reaching the last four to the sword well before he was replaced by Pedro Rodriguez 13 minutes from time.
The Brazilian levelled with his 20th goal of the season after Fernando Torres had brought Atletico level in the tie with a first minute opener.
Raul Garcia then briefly put Atletico back in front from the spot, but Miranda's own goal made it 2-2 before Neymar pounced again on the counter-attack three minutes before the break.
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