Two games against the same side in less than a week. Five unanswered goals. That can't do you any harm when looking for a repeat of the 'sextuple,' right?

Wrong, as it turns out. Barcelona went out of the Copa del Rey last Wednesday despite a 1-0 win against Sevilla, courtesy of the away goals rule and a previous loss to the Andalusians at home. Thus, when the Southerners pitched up on Saturday night, there was going to be hell to pay.

Pep Guardiola didn't want to mention the word 'revenge,' but it was clear that Barça were on a mission to regain face and spurred on by Real Madrid's loss to Athletic Bilbao shortly before kick off. Despite this, however, it still took them until the second half to break the deadlock courtesy of an Escudé own goal.

Leo Messi's 100th and 101st goals for the club rounded off the night, but not before substitute Pedro had latched onto Xavi's precision through-ball for the second. This leaves Guardiola with a problem; a nice problem, but a dilemna all the same.

Messi is undroppable when fit. The world's best player and already with 23 goals in all competitions. Ditto, to an extent, 2009 signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Barça are loathe to use the Swede in route one play, but Ibra is a useful target man who sometimes stubbornly refuses to play as such. Still, he is a big game player who offers something different.

That leaves Henry, Bojan and Pedro. Henry has lost the pace of his Arsenal days and is often slightly out of tune with Ibrahimovic's runs into the box, but is the biggest name of the trio. Bojan provided three assists against Tenerife and was then dropped, as questions still reain about his physical presence and interplay.

Pedro, perversely, should not even get a sniff at a starting spot on skill alone, but has the good fortune and ability to put the ball into the net when set up that have muscled him into contention. Whilst injuries keep away from Barça -and the team continue top of the league- the starting trio from Sunday is unlikely to change.