However, any realistic hope Barca had of pulling off a monumental comeback disappeared when Gerard Pique was shown a straight red card for dissent 10 minutes into the second-half. Aritz Aduriz exploited the space left by the Spanish international defender's dismissal to follow up his hat-trick in the first leg with the equaliser midway through the second-half. "For us to win a title is the best thing that can happen to us," Aduriz told Spanish TV.
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