Barcelona took another big stride towards a second straight Liga triumph when top scorer Lionel Messi struck twice in a 4-1 home win over relegation threatened Tenerife.
Carles Puyol’s howler gifted the visitors an equaliser after Messi had put Barca ahead in the 17th minute before Bojan Krkic and substitute Pedro netted with clinical second-half strikes.
Messi added a fourth in added time at a rain-lashed Camp Nou when he controlled a Daniel Alves pass and lifted the ball high into the net for his 31st league goal of the campaign.
Messi 17’,Martínez 39’
Bojan 63’
Pedro 77’
Messi 90’