Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann each completed a brace as Barcelona thrashed Granada 4-0 away from home on Saturday to make three consecutive wins in La Liga for the first time this season.
Lionel Messi also scored his 10th and 11th goal to take a leap forward and lead the Pichichi race for the 2020-21 season. The Argentine seemed off and gave half a season to players before starting his golden boot race.
Barcelona got their juice flowing as they scored with ease, a characteristic missing from the side since the departure of Luis Suarez.
Griezmann opened the scoring in the 12th minute while Messi struck twice before the break to make it four goals in his last two matches and go top of the league's scoring charts with 11 goals.
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French forward Griezmann scored a classy second goal after halftime while things got worse for Granada when Jesus Vallejo was sent off in the 78th minute for clattering into Barca substitute Martin Braithwaite.
The victory took Barca back into third place in the standings and on to 34 points, closing the gap with leaders Atletico Madrid to four points.
However, Atletico, whose game with Athletic Bilbao was postponed due to heavy snow in the Spanish capital, have three matches in hand.
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