Barca route Valencia 4-0 (including a hat trick from Henry) and nary a mention on the board.
As if it isn't EPL it eh good.
Barcelona 4-0 ValenciaThierry Henry netted a hat-trick as Barcelona beat Valencia 4-0 with an exhilarating exhibition of total football at the Nou Camp in the Primera Liga.
Henry gave Barcelona the lead with a fine lob after 19 minutes and added a second just short of the half-hour mark as the Catalans quickly took control of the game.
Dani Alves put Pep Guardiola's side three up just after the break and Henry completed his hat-trick late on to wrap up a highly impressive Barcelona win.
Barca saw second-placed Villarreal held to a draw at home to Getafe earlier and sensed the chance to open up a six-point lead at the top by beating Valencia, who began the day in third.
The Catalans dominated from the outset and Xavi almost gave the home side the lead after just two minutes when he beat Valencia goalkeeper Renan Brito, but saw his shot rebound off the post.
Barcelona continued to dominate after that and Renan did well to save from Alves after 18 minutes.
But a minute later, Guardiola's side took the lead.
Henry ran on to Yaya Toure's brilliant lofted pass from deep and lobbed a flailing Renan to put the Catalans in front.
The Brazilian goalkeeper perhaps should have done better, but Henry's finish was sublime.
The France striker had only this week complained that he was forced to run more than he ever did at Arsenal in order to fit in to Barcelona's attacking system.
But Guardiola publicly backed his striker by handing the Frenchman a starting role up front in place of the suspended Samuel Eto'o.
And Henry did not disappoint as he fired Barcelona into a 2-0 lead after 27 minutes.
Alves' long pass found Aleksander Hleb on the left-hand side of the box and the Belarus forward squared the ball intelligently to his former Arsenal colleague, who coolly slotted a right-footed shot past an exposed Renan for a precious two goal cushion.
And the home side never looked back after that.
Lionel Messi missed a one-on-one with Renan later in the half and Eidur Gudjohnsen was just off target in the lead-up to the interval.
Barcelona had to make do with a two-goal advantage at the break, but soon extended their lead when Xavi played in Alves and the Brazil full-back swept an angled shot past Renan.
Alves and Hleb both came close to adding a fourth goal as Guardiola's side continued to impress.
David Villa also missed a decent chance for Valencia, but the visitors were never really in the game and it was no surprise when Henry fired Barcelona into a four-goal lead to complete his hat-trick 12 minutes from time.
Alves was involved again, this time putting through substitute Bojan Krkic, who ran to the byline and pulled the ball back for the advancing Henry to finish easily.
It was the Frenchman's second competitive hat-trick since joining Barcelona last year and the former Arsenal man looked delighted when he received the match ball following the final whistle.
The comprehensive win sees Barcelona move six points clear of second-placed Villarreal and the Catalans will remain six points clear, even if fourth-placed Real Madrid beat Sevilla.
Valencia stay in third for now, but could drop to fourth on Sunday.
FC Barcelona 4-0 Valencia
1-0 : Henry 20'
2-0 : Henry 28'
3-0 : Alves 46'
4-0 : Henry 79'
http://www.videoplayer.hu/videos/play/278606All this without Eto and Iniesta!
Bojan finally realise he do have to shoot from the most obscure angles he could pass the ball sometimes. Making the goal is just as important as scoring.
