Winning ways continued for FC Barcelona as they disposed of Alaves with two goals in the second half to take another step in the right direction to retaining the La Liga crown. The hosts put up a good fight against their Catalan counterparts, but goals from Carles Alena and Luis Suarez were enough to add three more points to their total.
Rotation continued for Barcelona as they were looking to edge closer to making their La Liga title official. Clement Lenglet, Arthur, Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi were all left out of the starting eleven.