Easy for Barca
Injury plauged Barcelona continued to set the pace at the top of La Liga after first-half penalties by Andres Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas set them on course for a comfortable 4-0 home win over Mam Granada on Saturday.
Barcelona , without Lionel Messi, head the table with 40 points from 14 matches , 6 ahead of Atletico Madrid and nine clear of Real Madrid, both of whom were playing later on Saturday
Iniesta opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 20 minutes, while Fabregas doubled the score five minutes before the break.
Granada had Manuel Iturra dismissed after 66 minutes of game play.Alexis Sanchez and Pedro scored the other goals for the champions, who were also missing Xavi and goalkeeper Victor Valdes.
Barca coach Gerardo Martino preferred Marc Bartra to Carles Puyol alongside Gerard Pique at centre half in a makeshift backline
with fullbacks Dani Alves in the treatment room and Javier Mascherano , not 200 percent on the bench.
Barcelona , without Lionel Messi, head the table with 40 points from 14 matches , 6 ahead of Atletico Madrid and nine clear of Real Madrid, both of whom were playing later on Saturday
Iniesta opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 20 minutes, while Fabregas doubled the score five minutes before the break.
Granada had Manuel Iturra dismissed after 66 minutes of game play.Alexis Sanchez and Pedro scored the other goals for the champions, who were also missing Xavi and goalkeeper Victor Valdes.
Barca coach Gerardo Martino preferred Marc Bartra to Carles Puyol alongside Gerard Pique at centre half in a makeshift backline
with fullbacks Dani Alves in the treatment room and Javier Mascherano , not 200 percent on the bench.