Barcelona overwhelmed Valencia in the Spanish league on Sunday with four different players scoring in the first 24 minutes of a 7-1 victory, according to Marca.
Frenkie de Jong opened the scoring in the third minute, Ferran Torres added to the lead in the eighth, Raphinha found the net in the 14th and Fermín López completed the early rout in the 24th at Montjuic stadium.
López added the fifth in first-half stoppage time as Barcelona ended the first half with a 5-0 lead.
Valencia got its goal with Hugo Duro in the 59th before Barcelona scored again with Robert Lewandowski in the 66th and an own-goal by César Tárrega in the 75th.
The victory moved Barcelona within three points of second-placed Atletico Madrid and seven points off leader Real Madrid, which won 3-0 at Valladolid on Saturday with a hat trick by Kylian Mbappé. Atletico was held 1-1 by Villarreal on Saturday.
Barcelona was coming off victories in the Champions League, Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup, but had been winless in its last four league games.
Valencia is 19th in the 20-team standings.