Barcelona returned to the top of the Spanish football championship after a decisive 3-0 home victory over Levante in a match from the 25th round of La Liga, BTA reported.
At their stadium "Spotify Camp Nou", the champions managed to open the score in the fourth minute. The 18-year-old Marc Bernal, who started in place of Pedri, was on target.
In the 32nd minute, the Catalans doubled their lead through Frenkie de Jong, who was on target after a pass from Joao Cancelo.
Barcelona continued to dominate in the second half and in the 81st minute, substitute Fermin Lopez scored with a spectacular shot from outside the penalty area for 3:0.
Shortly after that, he could have scored again for 4:0, but Levante goalkeeper Matthew Ryan made an extraordinary save, despite having fallen to the ground.
With the victory, head coach Hansi Flick's players collected 61 points and have one more than the Real Madrid squad, which suffered a defeat on Saturday during their visit to Osasuna.
Levante is in an unenviable 19th place with 18 points, one ahead of last place Oviedo and seven from the rescue shore.
In another match of the round, Sevilla won 1-0 away at Getafe. The winning goal for the Andalusians was scored by Djibril Sow in the 64th minute. Getafe played with a man less from the 26th minute due to a direct red card for defender Djene.