Barcelona demolish Real Sociedad 5-0

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Turning now to action from the pitch, and Barcelona...needing a win on Sunday to move back on top of the La Liga standings, leapfrogging Real Madrid in the process. Barcelona, taking on Real Sociedad at the Nou Camp.


Nine minutes into the match. David Villa's typically clinical tap-in after some sophisticated build up work along the right flank.


Shortly after the half hour mark the Catalan side added a second.


Andres Iniesta fired in a stunning effort from an impossibly acute angle.


Barcelona lead 2-0 at the break.








Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Dani Alves (R) celebrate a
goal against Real Sociedad during their Spanish First
Division Soccer League match at Nou Camp Stadium in
Barcelona, December 12, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


Shortly after the restart mercurial playmaker Lionel Messi also clawed his way onto the score sheet in typically sublime style. The Argentinean played a neat one-two with team mate Dani Alves before side-footing the ball past the stranded figure of 'keeper Claudio Bravo.


With less than ten minutes remaining Barca' added their fourth of the game, with 23-year-old Messi able to secure his second of the match.


In the dying minutes second half substitute Bojan Krkic also made his mark. The 20 year-old Spaniard slotted away the rebound to cement a 5-0 victory.

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