Ousmane Dembele recorded a 100 per cent pass completion rate on his return to the Barcelona team after over three months out due to injury.
The €105 million August arrival from Borussia Dortmund, bought as a replacement for Neymar, made his return from a torn hamstring as a substitute in Thursday's first leg of his side's last-16 Copa del Rey tie at Celta Vigo.
Barca head coach Ernesto Valverde indicated after Dembele played 20 minutes of that 1-1 draw that the 20-year-old was not yet fit enough to start a game.
But Valverde sprung a surprise by naming Dembele in his side for Sunday's La Liga game at home to Levante, which Barcelona won 3-0 to move nine points clear of Atletico Madrid at the top of the table.