dpLamine Yamal and Raphinha both scored twice as Barcelona bounced back from their El Clasico defeat and returned to the top of La Liga with an emphatic 6-1 win over Alaves.
Two goals from Kylian Mbappe helped Real Madrid snap Barcelona’s nine-game winning run at Camp Nou last weekend.
But the doubles by Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, along with goals from Anthony Gordon and Fermin Lopez, got the Blaugrana back on track.
They have jumped above Atletico Madrid, who had briefly moved top with a 2-0 victory over Levante earlier on Saturday.
Raphinha opened the scoring after eight minutes when he tapped in Lopez’s fizzing delivery, while Lopez turned from creator to finisher with a slammed strike across Alaves goalkeeper Antonio Sivera.
The pair combined again for Barcelona’s third, while Lamine Yamal made it four just before the break when he finished off a superb team move with a drilled half-volley.
Lamine Yamal, named the third best men’s player in the world in Monday’s Ballon d’Or awards, doubled his tally with a cheeky chip over Sivera – a finish replicated, and perhaps bettered, by substitute Gordon 17 minutes later.
Raphinha has now scored 15 league goals this season – four more than second-best Mbappe – while Lamine Yamal is third with 10.
Alaves added a late consolation goal when Mariano Diaz latched onto a loose back pass from Rodri and slotted past Joan Garcia.
Barcelona now sit two points above Atletico, while Real Madrid, who face Racing Santander on Sunday, are a further four points behind.
