Barcelona extended their unbeaten run to eight league matches as Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann both struck twice in a dominant win at Granada.
Griezmann’s opener was initially ruled offside, but it was decided a pass had deflected to him off a Granada player.
Messi fired into the top corner from 18 yards and then cleverly fizzed home a low free-kick to move him top of La Liga’s scoring charts on 11 goals.
After the break, Griezmann struck again and Granada had Jesus Vallejo sent off.
Vallejo caught Martin Braithwaite and was dismissed for a professional foul with 12 minutes remaining of what proved a testing night for the seventh-placed hosts.
They did go close early on when Roberto Soldado forced Marc-Andre ter Stegen into a fine save, but Barca’s attacking talents quickly built on their keeper’s crucial intervention.
Credit: bbc.com
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