Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Liga clash between second-placed Barcelona and third-placed Valencia!

And that's it! Barca march on after an early scare. Thanks for joining me this evening, and be sure to follow on Twitter @liamhappe

Montoya's driven low cross is scarpered away by the beleaguered visitors.

Another lob! This time Xavi pounces on a poor clearance attempt to make it 5-1!

Three minutes of added time to be played.

It is, but Barcelona get it away and break. Tello's dribble is cut out as far as Xavi, who fires low and wide of the near post.

Clumsy foul by Busquets on Costa. Free-kick about 30 yards out will presumably be whipped into the crowded box.

Xavi comes on for Iniesta, all subs are now used up.

But now Messi is put clean through. Can he make it four? He can! Deftly chips the outrushing Alves!

Almost a costly defensive error from Valencia, but the ball from Sanchez is short.

Mehmet Topal is Valencia's third and final substitute. Off the pitch comes Tino Costa.

Messi comes forward, loses possession but regains it and puts Tello through. He brings it onto his right foot but leans back and misses the top corner by inches.

Thiago scuffs his shot after a series of layered through passes from left to right.

Was Ruiz who got the touch in there. Corner half-cleared and the loose ball falls to Pique, who volleys over the bar at a bit of a stretch.

A Valencia cross from the left is caught by Valdes and within seconds, Barca spring back up the other end and it takes an interception at the expense of a corner to deny Messi a fourth.

Tello almost wreaks havoc once more on the left only to slip near the byline to end the threat.

Thiago returns from injury as he replaces Fabregas. Two subs each now.

Tello moves inside from the left, shot parried. Messi, hat-trick!

Another Barca corner comes to nothing.

Replays show Valencia were hard done by on 71' - Pique had a big clump of his shirt, and that would have been a last man decision too if spotted.

Now another decent ball into the hosts' danger zone, this time over the top but Soldado has no excuse of a pull-back: he just lacks the pace to get there before Valdes on that one.