Luis Suarez scored twice at the end of a week to remember and Lionel Messi was also on target as Barcelona resoundingly returned to winning ways in La Liga by battering Las Palmas 5-0.
Uruguay forward Suarez scored his 100th Barca goal in Wednesday's 3-1 Copa del Rey victory over Athletic Bilbao and he broke the deadlock here during a first half dominated by the home side at Camp Nou.
Andre Gomes - who had one of his best games in a Barca shirt - and Rafinha were among those to be denied in the opening period, but Messi - who also scored against Athletic - capitalised on goalkeeper Javi Varas' error to make it 2-0 in the 52nd minute.
Suarez grabbed his second with a cool finish five minutes later before Arda Turan followed up on the rebound from the Uruguayan's saved effort to make it three goals in seven second-half minutes.
That put Barca out of sight before Aleix Vidal completed the rout with 10 minutes left with his first goal for the club.
Luis Enrique's men consequently rebounded from last week's contentious 1-1 draw at Villarreal to close within two points of leaders and rivals Real Madrid, albeit having played two games more.
Zinedine Zidane's side travel to Sevilla - who dropped to third below Barca - on Sunday.
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