Barcelona put in a brilliant display against fifth-placed Real Sociedad, winning 6-1 to keep the pressure on league leaders Atletico Madrid.
It took a while for the game to get going. The first chance fell to the hosts, when Alexander Isak took advantage of a poor pass by Frenkie de Jong. The Swede cut inside from the left and forced Marc-Andre ter Stegen into an important save.
Barcelona weren’t showing a whole lot of threat, but almost took the lead through some generous goalkeeping. Sergino Dest’s mishit cross appeared to be heading straight into the arms of goalkeeper Alex Remiro, but the Spaniard spilled the ball onto his own crossbar.