MADRID — Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann scored a goal each as Barcelona comfortably beat Alaves 4-1 to keep the Spanish league lead on Saturday.
Arturo Vidal also netted for Barcelona, which opened a three-point lead over second-place Real Madrid ahead of its home game against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Barcelona holds a five-goal advantage over Madrid in the tiebreaker between the teams.
Barcelona and Madrid drew 0-0 in the first ''clasico'' of the season on Wednesday in a game postponed from October because of a separatist rally in the Catalan capital.
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''We played only a few days ago, we were a bit tired, but we played a good match,'' Griezmann said.