Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba were on target as Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga with a 2-0 victory away at Eibar.
The Catalan giants were made to work hard for their first three-point haul in three matches, first finding a way through 16 minutes in when Suarez rounded the keeper and tucked home.
Alba finally made certain of the win late on after firing home from the rebound, as the home side - reduced to 10 men for the final 25 minutes - missed out on the chance to claim another big scalp.
Relive how the 90 minutes of action unfolded with Sports Mole's live text coverage below.
STARTING XI: Ter Stegen; S.Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic, Paulinho, Iniesta; Messi, L.Suarez
SUBS: Cillessen, Semedo, Dembele, Coutinho, Digne, Aleix Vidal, Yerry Mina
STARTING XI: Dimitrovic; Pena, Ramis, Arbilla, Jose Angel; Dani Garcia, Diop; Orellana, Jordan, Inui; Kike
SUBS: Riesgo, Escalante, Capa, Charles, Alejo, Leon, Lomban
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Jose Luis Mendilibar: "Against opposition like them there's no formula to it, the key is for us to just be ourselves, be assured and not have any doubts about what we have to go out there and do. We're feeling good, we're enjoying one of our best spells of the season and we've been performing pretty well and getting good results for a couple of months now. We know what we're coming up against. Even if we perform very well, it'll all depend on how they play. They're a very good side, one of the best around, with some really fine players and a great coach."
Ernesto Valverde: "It is more mental than physical, the weeks when you have four days rest you can manage better than three. We will have three before we take on Chelsea and Chelsea will have four. That day extra, to have a break from the pressure of staying in the cup is good to have. But in terms of important games, the one tomorrow is also and we are not thinking about Chelsea. The week was free and now we have games again after each other. We need to get going again and after the Getafe game this is now even more important."
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EIBAR SUBS: Riesgo, Escalante, Capa, Charles, Alejo, Leon, Lomban
BARCELONA SUBS: Cillessen, Semedo, Dembele, Coutinho, Digne, Aleix Vidal, Yerry Mina
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