Robert Lewandowski stole the show by netting a hat-trick as FC Barcelona secured a 3-0 victory over Alaves to cement top spot in LALIGA on Sunday evening.
Hector Fort replaced Jules Kounde as the only change from the Catalan giants' win over Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League.
The Blaugrana suffered a set-back after just six minutes in after striker Ferran Torres experienced a form of discomfort and unfortunately couldn't continue – leaving Eric Garcia to come on.
Barca still though gained total control a minute thereafter when a looping Robert Lewandowski charged on the end of a floated free-kick from Raphinha to nod in the bottom-corner.
The Brazilians winger came good again in the midway exchanges of the half where he stormed down the left to cutback for Lewandowski to tap in comfortably.
Lewandowski stole the show in the opening quarter-hour and claimed a hat-trick of strikes after latching on the end of Garcia's lofted pass to riffle the back of the net.
Barca were enjoying full control well into the second half, but lived dangerously when a snap effort from Toni Martinez following a scramble struck the post and saw the visitors clear.
The host continued to search a way back through a succession of corner-kicks thereafter, but the Blaugrana managed to hold their lines and survived.
With time running out, Barcelona brought in Dutch midfielder Frenkie De Jong who just returned after a long injury lay-off and removed Alejandro Balde to see out the rest of the victory.