Pique’s winner keeps Barca alive in Champions League

Gerard Pique. Pic/AFP

Gerard Pique's first-half goal equaled a Champions League scoring mark for defenders and helped Barcelona edge Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 on Wednesday to end its losing streak and get back in position to advance to the knockout stage of the European competition.

Pique scored his 16th Champions League goal to secure the crucial win for Barcelona, which had opened with consecutive 3-0 losses to Bayern Munich and Benfica and was in danger of not getting past the group stage for the first time since 2000-01.

"After the first two group games, with no points and no goals, this victory was so important to give ourselves a chance to be in the mix until the end of the group stage," Pique said.

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