Gary Neville’s Valencia suffered a humiliating defeat as they were crushed by Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg at the Nou Camp.
Luis Suarez scored four goals, while Lionel Messi also helped himself to a hat-trick and Neymar missed a penalty.
Valencia’s cause was not helped when defender Shkodran Mustafi was sent off for fouling Messi in the first half.
Neville is also without a league win in eight attempts since taking over the club in December.
Former England and Manchester United full-back Neville was returning to the scene of one of his greatest triumphs.
As a 24-year-old he was part of the United team who won the Champions League with a spectacular late comeback against Bayern Munich in the 1999 final at the Nou Camp.
These are testing times for the 40-year-old who was already under pressure before the game against the European champions.
The Copa del Rey had hitherto offered eight-time Premier League winner Neville some solace after five draws and three defeats in La Liga.
All four of his wins from 14 games in charge in Spain have come in this competition – yet this was nothing short of embarrassing.
