Barcelona battled their way to a hard-fought 3-0 victory over derby rivals Espanyol on Saturday to keep their place atop La Liga level on points with Real Madrid.
Two second-half goals from Luis Suarez in the second half of their trip to the RCDE Stadium, with Ivan Rakitic rounding off the scoring, produced a confident win to keep their pace in the race for Spain's domestic crown:
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April 29, 2017 at 8:17:28 PM GMT
Real Madrid did their utmost to retain La Liga's as Marcelo struck in the 86th minute against Valencia and rescued maximum points for his side after Dani Parejo cancelled out Cristiano Ronaldo's opener.