Watch: Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez score wonder goals in 4-0 win but Barcelona end match with nine men

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Suarez opened the scoring in acrobatic fashion in the 27th minute and goals from Arturo Vidal, Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi - his first of the season from a trademark free-kick - sealed a comfortable victory.

The win was Barca's fourth in a row in all competitions since a shock 2-0 loss at Granada on September 21 and lifts Ernesto Valverde's side to second place in LaLiga, two points behind leaders Real Madrid.

However, the win was marred by the late dismissals of Dembele and Ronald Araujo, the former receiving a second yellow card for dissent after last man Araujo had been sent off for hauling down Javier Hernandez.

Sevilla began the game brightly and were left to rue a number of missed chances, with striker Luuk De Jong the main culprit.

De Jong saw his first-time shot superbly saved at his near post by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen after 11 minutes but should have broken the deadlock seven minutes later when he fired wide from six yards with the goal at his mercy.

Messi then curled a free-kick over the crossbar before De Jong squandered another good chance, heading a cross from Lucas Ocampos into the ground and over the bar from close range.

Moments later Suarez made the visitors pay the price for their profligacy, the Uruguay international connecting perfectly with an overhead kick to dispatch Nelson Semedo's cross into the bottom corner.

Vidal doubled the lead five minutes later when he slid in to convert a pin-point pass from Arthur as Sevilla players appealed in vain for offside and Dembele soon made it 3-0 with a delightful right-footed finish from 12 yards out.

Sevilla's miserable evening in front of goal continued as Nolito headed a cross from Jesus Navas tamely at Ter Stegen before half-time and the interval did nothing to change matters.

Five minutes into the second half, De Jong dispossessed Arthur on the edge of the penalty area but could only hit the post with a right-footed shot and it was no surprise when the 29-year-old was substituted with 25 minutes remaining.

After two previous attempts Messi finally found his range 12 minutes from time and curled a superb free-kick beyond Tomas Vaclik to open his account for the season.

That should have been the signal for the game to peter out but Araujo brought down fellow substitute Hernandez on the edge of the area as he attempted to run through on goal and was sent off.

Dembele, who had been booked early in the second half, was quick to remonstrate with the referee but appeared to overstep the mark and was shown a second yellow card.

Atletico Madrid suffered more frustrations as they were held to a 0-0 draw at Real Valladolid.

Diego Simeone's men have now recorded three goalless draws in their last four matches to slip three points behind city rivals Real.

Basque rivals Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao also fell further adrift of the pacesetters this weekend after both slumped to second successive defeats, going down to Getafe and Celta Vigo respectively.

Fifth-placed Sociedad, looking to bounce back from a 3-2 loss at Sevilla, took a fifth-minute lead through Mikel Merino but the 53rd-minute dismissal of Diego Llorente changed the direction of the match.

Jaime Mata levelled 15 minutes later and Nemanja Maksimovic snatched an 89th-minute winner for the visitors.

Athletic, beaten at Valencia last time out, went down to a 74th-minute Iago Aspas goal at Balaidos to remain seventh.

At the other end of the table, Real Mallorca leapfrogged Espanyol and climbed out of the bottom two after beating the Barcelona-based outfit 2-0.

Ante Budimir put the promoted islanders ahead just before half-time and Salva Sevilla secured their second win of the campaign 17 minutes from the end.

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