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write(\" <time>\"+writeGregorianDate() +\" </time>\"); Last updated: 1 min 11 sec ago Palestinian negotiator criticizes US silence on settlements Qatar Airways expected to access contingency routes in August Doha launches WTO complaint against trade boycott Iran Revolutionary Guards find new route to arm Yemen rebels Suicide bomber kills 20 worshippers in Afghan mosque China opens first overseas military base in Djibouti Italy focuses on Libya mission to manage migrant crisis Jordan's Parliament scraps controversial rape law Pence slams Russian 'occupation' on Georgia visit Venezuela arrests 'step in wrong direction,' says EU MIAMI: Gerard Pique delivered Barcelona\'s match winner over Real Madrid on Saturday as El Clasico Miami lived up to the hype

The Spanish international steered in a Neymar free-kick in the 50th minute to seal a 3-2 win for the Catalan giants in front of 66,014 at the Hard Rock Stadium

Lionel Messi, who put in a superb 64-minute performance, opened the scoring after just three minutes and when Ivan Rakitic doubled the lead soon after, the writing appeared to be on the wall for a sluggish Real Madrid side

Yet Zinedine Zidane's side quickly woke from their slumber and by the end of the first half, goals from Mateo Kovacic and Marco Asensio had pulled them level

What followed was entertaining, often breathless friendly fare before Pique struck that decisive goal

This was nothing more than a pre-season match and obviously was not going to affect the overall record between these two old rivals, which stands at 93 wins for Real, 91 for Barcelona

Their last meeting was quite incredible

Messi's last gasp winner, his 500th for the club — it was quite a night

Madrid had the last laugh in May, winning La Liga and the Champions League, but actually arrived in Miami off the back of two exhibition defeats — a penalty shootout defeat to Manchester United before City also did a number on them in Los Angeles, running out 4-2 winners

Barca, meanwhile, had beaten United and Juventus in International Champions Cup friendly competition, but the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Neymar and the interest from Paris Saint-Germain has cast a serious cloud over their two-week stay in North America

The Brazilian started for Ernesto Valverde's side and while the rest of his teammates head home he will fly to China to perform commercial obligations on behalf of the club

To their credit, and much to the obvious delight of the organizers, both teams did not hold back with their starting lineups

Messi and Luis Suarez started in attack while Bale, Modric and Karim Benzema were all unleashed by Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane

Neymar's first involvement was to fall to the ground and clutch his ankle

For a moment it looked like his evening would be over before it began, though he was back on the pitch in time to see Messi open the scoring with just three minutes on the clock

The Argentine ace waltzed into the box and lifted a shot past Keylor Navas via a deflection off Raphael Varane

And it was not long before the Costa Rican international was picking the ball out of the back of the net once again

On six minutes, Neymar, gradually moving more freely, squared the ball and it found Rakitic, whose finish was clinically struck in the seventh minute

What a start for Barcelona

Real had barely escaped their own half and were lucky not to fall further behind on 13 minutes when Suarez fired over from close range

Yet with Madrid's first effort on goal, Zidane\'s side pulled one back

Croatian Kovacic evaded a challenge just outside the box before arrowing the ball past the outstretched hand of Jasper Cillessen

Suddenly, the game was on

Benzema, who barely had a sniff, dragged just wide on 19 minutes with Cillessen beaten

Navas remained the busier keeper, however, and was on hand to repel Messi once again on 31 minutes

It was a key save because on 36 minutes, Asensio levelled for Madrid

Los Blancos were counter-attacking dangerously and it was left to Modric who squared for the Spaniard who took full advantage of Jordi Alba missing the ball to rifle past a horribly exposed Cillessen

Man City beats Tottenham 3-0 in ICC friendlyManchester City posted a convincing 3-0 win over English Premiership rivals Tottenham on Saturday in an International Champions Cup friendly in Nashville, Tennessee

John Stones, Raheem Sterling and Brahim Diaz scored for Manchester City, who were coming off a 4-1 win over Spain and European champions Real Madrid in the exhibition tournament in North America

Jones opened the scoring at Nissan Stadium, home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans, with a glancing header in the 10th minute

City had plenty of chances to increase their lead before Sterling made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute, and Diaz came off the bench to complete the scoring in injury time

Tottenham had the first real chance in the third minute, but Dele Alli\'s attempt was smothered by goalkeeper Ederson

From there Manchester City inexorably took control

They were rewarded in the 10th, when Kevin De Bruyne\'s free kick from the right found Stones, who stooped to head the ball past Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris

Spurs had a chance to equalize late in the first half when Harry Kane appeared to have a clean look at goal against a hard-charging Ederson, but he fired over the crossbar