FC Barcelona defeated city rivals Espanyol 3-1 to move nine points clear at top of LALIGA on Sunday evening.
Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski lead the line for the Catalans, having been pivotal in the thrashing of rivals Real Madrid last time out.
Yamal impacted proceedings in the opening 12 minutes when he played a smart ball in-behind for Dani Olmo to capitalise and produce a stern finish into the bottom-corner.
Raphinha inflicted more danger on the visitors as he made a timeous run to connect with Marc Casado's pass and tapped in easily.
Espanyol looked to have found a way back with a simple close-range finish from Jofre Carreras after meeting Omar El Hilali's cutback, but unfortunately it was ruled out for offside.
The table-toppers extended matters amidst the slight scare as Olmo completed his brace through a thumping finish into the bottom-corner following Alejandro Balde's assist.
Barca development produced Sergi Gomez was send on by the visitors five minutes to halftime and replaced Marash Kumbulla, who struggled to continue.
Olmo missed out on a hat-trick moments in the second period from a combination involving Pedri and Lewandowski, but a bit of hesitancy denied the former another effort.
Espanyol remained confident despite trailing by a hefty margin and halved the tally when Javi Puado pounced at the back-post to stab home Cristian Romero's lay-off.
The Blaugrana looked to restore their three-goal deficit with a low curling effort by Yamal from a neatly placed delivery by Raphinha, but he was repelled.
Barcelona seek to shore up matters with the lead well in grasp and introduced Jules Kounde moments before time in place of Hector Fort.
Opportunities though continued coming either way ahead of the final whistle, but Barca rallied on and bagged yet another victory to move nine points clear of second-place Real Madrid.