BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Barcelona moved into the top of the Primera Liga on Saturday with a 3-0 win at Ibar at the Eborua Stadium in the ninth round.
Frenchman Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring in the 13th minute, and Argentine star Lionel Messi added the second goal in the 58th minute before Luis Suarez completed the treble in the 66th minute with the help of Messi.
The win lifted the tally to 19 points, one point ahead of Real Madrid, who face later in the day Real Mallorca, while freezing the defeated at nine points in the 14th place.
Messi scored a goal and made another goal marking the 15th anniversary of his debut in Barcelona, when he made his debut in the Catalan shirt when he took the bench in the final minutes of the Espanyol meeting on 16 October 2004.