CRACKSHOT: Barcelona's Neymar (right) is congratulated by Luis Suarez on one of his four goals.
A spectacular performance from Neymar ensured Barcelona didn’t miss the injured Lionel Messi as he scored four to help the champion come from behind to beat Rayo Vallecano 5-2 on Saturday.
Javi Guerra had given Rayo a shock lead at the Camp Nou, but Neymar twice converted from the penalty spot to give the hosts a half-time lead before scoring twice in a minute in the second half.
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The results:
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La Liga: On Sunday: Villarreal 1 (D. Suarez 67) lost to Celta Vigo 2 (Orellana 41, Nolito 90); Real Sociedad 0 lost to Atletico Madrid 2 (Griezmann 9, Carrasco 90+1); Getafe 4 (Victor Rodriguez 3, Sarabia 11, Scepovic 85, 90+2) bt Las Palmas 0;
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On Saturday: Barcelona 5 (Neymar 22-pen, 32-pen, 69, 70, Suarez 76) bt Rayo Vallecano 2 (Javi Guerra 14, Jozabed 86); Valencia 3 (Charles 19-og, Andre Gomes 33, Parejo 89-pen) bt Malaga 0; Real Betis 1 (Rennella 89) lost to Espanyol 3 (Roco 4, Caicedo 51, Victor Sanchez 55).
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Bundesliga: On Sunday: Cologne 0 lost to Hanover 96 1 (Andreasen 38); VfB Stuttgart 1 (Didavi 59) bt Ingolstadt 04 0.
Serie A: On Sunday: Bologna 0 lost to Palermo 1 (Vazquez 24); Napoli 2 (Insigne 46, Higuain 75) bt Fiorentina 1 (Kalinic 73); Atalanta 3 (Pinilla 8, Gomez 43, Cigarini 63-pen) bt Carpi 0; Verona 1 (Pazzini 41-pen) drew with Udinese 1 (Thereau 84); Genoa 3 (Pavoletti 13, Gakpe 17, Tachtsidis 90+3) bt Chievo 2 (Paloschi 1, Pellissier 77); Sassuolo 2 (Berardi 7-pen, Missiroli 60) bt Lazio 1 (Anderson 67); Frosinone 2 (Paganini 54, Dionisi 55) bt Sampdoria 0;
On Saturday: Torino 1 (Baselli 73) drew with AC Milan 1 (Bacca 63).