Barca in cruise control

Barcelona continued their march towards a 22nd La Liga title as a much-changed side were still too strong for struggling Real Zaragoza in a 3-0 win at La Romareda on Sunday.
Barca, playing without the injured Lionel Messi, remain 13 points ahead of Real Madrid who beat Athletic Bilbao, also by 3-0.
Thiago Alcantara got Barcelona going with a tidy finish on 20 minutes and the Spanish international then played in Cristian Tello to make it 2-0 just before the break.
Tello showed great pace and poise to register his second of the evening seven minutes after the restart and there was even a rare clean sheet for Barca despite the absence of Gerard Pique at the back.
Tito Vilanova made six changes from the side that started Wednesday's exacting Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain.

RESULTS

Rayo Vallecano 0 Real Sociedad 2 (Agirretxe 6, 14)
Atletico Madrid 5 (Diego Costa 4, Falcao 27, 47, Raul Garcia 63, Filipe Luis 70) Granada 0
Real Zaragoza 0 Barcelona 3 (Thiago 20, Tello 39, 53)
Athletic Bilbao 0 Real Madrid 3 (Cristiano Ronaldo 2, 68, Higuain 76)