Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick and Ousmane Dembélé came off the bench to set up a late goal for Luis Suárez as Barcelona romped to a 5-0 win in the Catalan derby against Espanyol at the Camp Nou.
With their title rivals from Madrid, Real and Atlético, having dropped points with draws earlier in the day, Barcelona were looking to strike an early blow at the top of the table.
Messi set Barcelona on their way with the opening goal after 26 minutes, although he looked to have been offside. The Argentinian then doubled the lead 10 minutes before half-time, and completed his hat-trick just after the hour.
Gerard Piqué’s header made it 4-0 with three minutes left before £96.8m signing Dembélé, on as a late substitute, laid a fifth on a plate for Suárez in stoppage time to round off a rapid team move starting from Marc-André ter Stegen in goal.
The comprehensive win puts Barcelona, who host Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday night, two points clear at the top of the table, having yet to concede a goal in their three La Liga victories.
SOURCE : GUARDIAN SPORTS posted by CAMPUS94
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