Barca defender Clement Lenglet was harshly sent off for a second bookable offence late in the first half.
Celta were unable to capitalise on their numerical advantage. It took11 minutes when Fati took a first-time pass from Philippe Coutinho and poked home with the outside of his right foot.
Lenglet was given his marching orders three minutes before the break, though, when Carlos del Cerro Grande harshly adjudged him to have impeded former Barca man Suarez for a second yellow.
Koeman reacted by replacing Antoine Griezmann with Ronald Araujo, but the Blaugrana doubled their lead five minutes after the break, thanks in no small part to Messi.
The captain darted away from two challenges and Olaza could only turn the Argentina forward's right-footed cross into his own net as the rain continued to hammer down.
Messi looked to have added a third but was given offside when he turned in the rebound after Coutinho struck the post and Pique was unable to convert a dangerous cross from his outstanding skipper.
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