A 5-0 VICTORY over Real Betis extended Barcelona’s lead over Atletico Madrid to 11 points at the La Liga summit.
The Rojiblancos had given the opportunity to move even further ahead with defeat a 1-1 draw at home to Girona, and the Catalans took full advantage.
However, remarkably, this is now the largest gap Barcelona have had over second place after 20 matches.
Back in 2009, during Pep Guardiola‘s first season in the Nou Camp dug-out, the Catalans were 12 ahead of Real Madrid, who were in second place.
Barcelona would go onto win the title by nine points — despite their famous 6-2 victory at the Bernabeu being the only victory in their final six matches — and become the first Spanish “Treble” winners.
This season, that trio of trophies is still on for Ernesto Valverde‘s men.
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With the league practically in the bag, they must overturn a 1-0 deficit against local rivals Espanyol to make the Copa del Rey semi-finals. While, Chelsea lie in wait in the Champions League last-16.
They will soon have the third-most expensive player in history available when Philippe Coutinho returns from injury — but he is only available for domestic action.
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However, Ousmane Dembele is likely to prove an asset in Europe if he can get himself fully fit.
Barcelona will have to go some to match the overall achievements of 2009 when they won a European football record of six trophies, adding the Spanish Super Cup, Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup.
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