The Argentina & Uruguay internationals scored seven goals between them for the Catalan outfit but a missed penalty from the Brazilian meant it was not to be his night
While Gary Neville was left pondering his next move as Barcelona thrashed Valencia 7-0 in the Copa del Rey, Camp Nou was able to celebrate the performances of two members of their fabled MSN strikeforce.
Lionel Messi struck his second hat-trick of the calendar year while Luis Suarez went one better in netting four goals of his own as Luis Enrique's side ran riot and put the tie to bed even before next week's second leg.
Suarez has now scored more goals this season than he did in his final campaign with Liverpool in 2013-14 and is the only player in Europe's top five leagues to have netted a hat-trick in three seperate competitions this season.
Messi, meanwhile, has now scored 13 goals in nine appearances against Valencia and has already netted 11 times since the turn of the year, proving he is very much back to his best after injury.
But what of the third member of the triumverate, Neymar? Well despite recording his 16th assist of the season - only Borussia Dortmund's Henrikh Mkhitaryan (17) has more - it was a night to forget for the Brazilian.
The former Santos man struck the post with a first-half penalty, meaning he has now missed four of his last eight spot-kicks, while he is still yet to score against Valencia in five outings against them.
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