After a month without a win in La Liga, Barcelona returned to winning ways with an emphatic 5–1 victory against Mallorca.
Hansi Flick's side scored four goals in the second half to go four points clear of Real Madrid atop the standings, although Los Blancos still have two games in hand. There's still plenty of season left to go but this felt like a massively important game and Barcelona responded well, bouncing back from the negative results of the past three games.
Ferran Torres returned to action and scored his first Barcelona goal since August. Frenkie de Jong came off the bench and scored his first goal and tallied his first assist of the season. Youngster, Pau Víctor, put the bow on the performance with his second career goal for the Catalans.
Los Blaugranas can rest easy knowing no matter what happens in Real Madrid's game tomorrow, its lead atop the standings is safe.
