Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman used a tactical style not used by the club, and excluded two of his most expensive players when playing for Real Valladolid in the Spanish Football League;

But he played one of his best matches, winning 3-0 on Tuesday.

Barcelona needed to compensate for the disappointing 2-2 draw with Valencia last Saturday, excluding the Dutch coach Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho, and resorting to the unusual 3-5-2 method at the club.

The plan achieved the required success, and Barcelona dominated the midfield with full backs Jordi Alba and Sergio Dest obtaining the freedom required to support the attack, and constantly advance forward.

"With regard to this match, we have changed our way to have more safety in the back, and to make the most of the backs possible," Koeman said after Barcelona won their first league win outside their home country since October 1.

"At the same time, we were able to build attacks without any problems, possess the ball for a long time, and the players got a chance to appear between the lines ... We followed a team that excelled in playing, showed great focus, and created a lot of opportunities," he added.

Coman played down the importance of talking about the reality of excluding Coutinho and Griezmann, who joined together for 280 million euros (341.10 million dollars) without success in leaving an influential footprint, and the two players scored 2 goals and 3 goals respectively during the current season.

"This means that we have great integration in our team, and we have a very strong squad," Koeman said.

Messi made one of his best levels this season, and made the first goal for his colleague Clemo Lingley, and contributed to building the second goal for Martin Braithwaite before he scored the third goal himself.

What helped Messi to do so was the understanding and affinity with 18-year-old Pedri, who made the goal for his colleague with a wonderful pass;

The club's record goalscorer smashed Pele's number of goals with one team.

"Pedri is a very good player when he plays more in the middle of the field and between the lines," the Dutch coach said. "His cooperation with Leo and the others was remarkable."

"He plays great and works very hard, and he is important to us also when he is not in possession of the ball, and it seems that he plays with great comfort."

Barcelona, ​​who are still eight points behind leaders Atletico Madrid despite having played an extra match, will get a short Christmas break before facing Eibar on next Tuesday.