Leganes 1-5 Barcelona

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Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga as Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez marked their league returns with goals against newly promoted Leganes.

Messi and Suarez were rested from the starting XI as Barca suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Alaves last week.

Both started on Saturday, with Messi tapping home before setting up Suarez, and Neymar made it 3-0.

Messi's penalty and Rafinha's fine finish stretched Barca's lead before Gabriel's superb free-kick for Leganes.

The win moved Barcelona level on points with Real Madrid, who are away to Espanyol on Sunday.

Leganes frustrated the visitors for 15 minutes before Messi broke the deadlock with a tap-in after a Suarez assist.

The Argentine returned the favour for Suarez to double the lead from close range before Neymar rolled home the third after Messi and Suarez had combined shortly before the interval.

Messi made it five goals in two games from the penalty spot after Neymar was fouled by Unai Bustinza.

There were still 26 minutes of normal time remaining when Rafinha found the top left-hand corner with a curling effort.

Yet Leganes were not finished and their fans celebrated wildly a historic first home goal in La Liga, a sublime free-kick by Gabriel.

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