Barcelona restored their three-point lead at the top of La Liga with a comfortable home win over Celta Vigo.

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Ousmane Dembele opened the scoring on 10 minutes, following up Lionel Messi's saved shot after the Argentine had initially played a delightful ball through to Jordi Alba.



Messi doubled the lead just before half-time, finishing neatly from the edge of the area as the defence parted.
Atletico Madrid had moved level on points with Barca by beating Espanyol.
Antoine Griezmann's penalty gave Atletico a 1-0 victory, but the Catalans re-established their advantage with a fourth straight league win without conceding.


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