Fernandez is booked for catching Lenglet late as he tries to attack a loose ball in the Barca box.
90' +2
Barca have produced an emphatic performance tonight to send a message to Atletico at the top of the table.
90'
There will be four minutes of added time.
89'
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Jordi Alba.
Alba plays a sublime one-two with Trincao before teeing up Messi to fire home.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! MESSI NOTCHES A SIXTH BARCELONA GOAL!!!! 6-1!!!! Barca cut the home side apart with an intricate passing move that is finished by Messi, who scores his second of the game. Messi sends Alba down the left inside channel and he works a pass back to Trincao. The midfielder releases the Spaniard once again. His cutback is met by Messi in the middle, who drills a left-footed strike past Remiro.
88'
M. Braithwaite gets yellow.
Braithwaite catches Le Normand with a stray arm in an aerial duel. The forward goes into the book.
87'
Fernandez makes a dilligent turn in the final third and carves out space for a strike, but he fires his effort straight at Ter Stegen.
86'
Bautista turns on the edge of the box after collecting a pass from Barrenetxea, but he sends his effort wide of the left post.
85'
Riqui Puig enters the game and replaces A. Griezmann.
Puig comes on for Griezmann in the final third to see out the game.
84'
Trincão enters the game and replaces S. Dest.
Dest is withdrawn after his two-goal performance and Trincao comes on to the field.
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83'
Jon Bautista enters the game and replaces A. Isak.
M. Sagnan enters the game and replaces Zubeldia.
Bautista replaces Isak for the final seven minutes of the contest.
Sagnan comes on to replace Zubeldia for the home side at the back.
82'
Messi plays Griezmann down the right inside channel with a neat offload. The Frenchman tries to pick out the run of the Argentine in the box, but his cross is blocked by Le Normand.
80'
Messi goes for goal from the resulting free-kick, but he hammers his effort straight into the wall.
79'
Zubeldia gets yellow.
M. Braithwaite enters the game and replaces O. Dembélé.
Zubeldia goes into the book for a lunge on Dembele.
Braithwaite replaces Dembele for the closing stages of the contest.
77'
Barrenetxea has scored a goal for Real Sociedad! Assist by Carlos Fernández.
Fernandez offloads into space for Barrenetxea before the full-back finishes in style with a fine effort.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! BARRENETXEA GETS A GOAL BACK!!!! 5-1! The home side have a consolation goal courtesy of a stunning effort from Barrenetxea. He runs down the right flank and plays a one-two with Fernandez to reach the edge of the box. The full-back lines up a blast on his right foot that soars past Ter Stegen and into the top-left corner.
73'
SAVE! Januzaj drops his shoulder with a move in from the right flank. He opens up space to shoot on his left foot, but curls his strike straight at Ter Stegen.
72'
Carlos Fernández enters the game and replaces Martín Zubimendi.
Fernandez makes his way on to the field to replace Zubimendi for the home side.
71'
O. Dembélé has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by I. Moriba.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! DEMBELE SCORES THIS TIME!!!!! 5-0 BARCELONA!!!!! The Catalan club have been rampant tonight and Dembele gets on the scoresheet with a crisp finish. He collects a pass from Moriba and charges at the Sociedad defence. The home side back off the Frenchman and allow him all the room in the world to strike a fine left-footed effort past Remiro.
Moriba sends a simple offload to his right to Dembele, who does the rest with a precise finish into the bottom-right corner.
70'
Isak makes a good break down the right flank and he offloads back to Barrenetxea. He rolls a pass to Oyarzabal, but the forward is dispossessed by Moriba.
68'
I. Moriba enters the game and replaces Pedri.
Moriba makes his way on to the field in place of Pedri.
67'
R. Araujo enters the game and replaces Sergio Busquets.
Araujo replaces Busquets, who was booked in the first half.
64'
Barca are in cruise control at the moment. They're knocking the ball around the pitch at their leisure. It has been a great performance from the visitors.
62'
Dembele almost latches on to a Messi flick over the top, but Zubimendi nods the ball back to Remiro before the Frenchman can connect with an overhead kick in the box.
61'
Barrenetxea enters the game and replaces Andoni Gorosabel.
A. Januzaj enters the game and replaces Portu.
Januzaj replaces Portu for the home side in the final third.
Barrenetxea comes on to the field for Gorosabel.
59'
SAVE! Dest clips a ball over the top for Dembele to chase in the right inside channel. He tries to force a strike in at the near post, but Remiro deflects it behind with a firm boot. The Sociedad defence are all over the place.
56'
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Sergio Busquets.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! MESSI MAKES IT FOUR!!!!!! BARCELONA ARE ON FIRE!!!!! Busquets clips a sublime ball over the top and Messi produces the finish. The Spaniard is allowed to pick his spot with an arcing pass over the top of the Sociedad defence. Messi makes the run in behind and nudges an effort past the onrushing Remiro with his left foot. All too easy for the Catalan club. Messi marks his record-breaking appearance with a goal.
Busquets lifts a sublime ball over the top for Messi to pursue and score.
55'
Sociedad have been cut open too easily by the visitors, especially down the left flank. Alba has been responsible for two of Barca's three goals with great runs and crosses into the box.
53'
S. Dest has scored a goal for Barcelona!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! DEST HAS HIS SECOND!!!! BARCELONA 3-0!!!!! The visitors notch a third goal to surely take the game away from Sociedad. Barca produce a sublime team move that results in Pedri releasing Alba down the left flank. He breaks past two defenders before placing a low ball across the face of goal. Dest is there to attack it with his left foot, steering a strike into an empty net.
50'
Messi threads the needle to release Dembele down the right flank. The Frenchman twists and turns, but loses out to Le Normand as he tries to fire at goal.
48'
Isak surges down the left flank and beats the challenge of De Jong. He sends a dangerous low ball across the face of goal, but there's no blue and white shirt attacking the delivery in the middle.
47'
Barca pressure the home side on the edge of the box, but the Sociedad defence holds firm, blocking a strike from distance from Lenglet in the process.
46'
We're back underway in this LaLiga clash.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: REAL SOCIEDAD 0-2 BARCELONA
45'
There will be one minute of added time.
44'
Lenglet brings down Portu on the right flank, but the visitors are able to clear the danger from his delivery into the box. Le Normand then fouls Busquets as he tries to hook a pass back into the middle.
43'
S. Dest has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by L. Messi.
Messi runs with menace at the Sociedad backline and sends a precise pass for Dest to latch on to and score.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! DEST FINISHES IN STYLE!!!! 2-0 BARCELONA!!!! The wing-back makes a good run into the right-inside channel and blasts a low strike past Remiro. Messi runs at the Sociedad defence and slides a perfect throughball into space of Dest to collect and pick his spot with a low drive into the bottom-left corner.
41'
Zubeldia and Dembele battle for possession, and the Frenchman catches the Sociedad defender on the back of the ankle. Zubeldia requires treatment on the pitch.
37'
A. Griezmann has scored a goal for Barcelona!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! GRIEZMANN CONVERTS FROM CLOSE RANGE!!!! 1-0 BARCELONA!!! The Frenchman scores against his former club smashing home a strike on the rebound. Alba sends a dangerous delivery into the middle that Dembele fires at goal. Remiro makes a fine reaction stop, but the ball bounces into the path of Griezmann. He makes no mistake finding the back of the net with his left foot from six yards.
35'
Portu makes a great surge on the counter for Sociedad down the right flank. He surges inside to look for Isak with a chipped pass, but De Jong blocks the offload. Sociedad claim it was with his hand, and they were right. However, there's nothing the Dutchman could do about it.
32'
Busquets has to be careful as he fouls Merino in the middle of the park having already been booked.
31'
Dest does well down the right to beat two challenges before being pulled back by Le Normand. Despite the perceived foul, the referee play on even after he loses possession. The Barca man is furious.
29'
MIngueza makes a break forward from the back and tries to play in Dembele, but his offload deflects off Le Normand and out for a throw-in.
27'
Sergio Busquets gets yellow.
Isak takes a step past Busquets and the midfielder brings him down. The Barca man goes into the book for the challenge.
23'
Messi finds space in the final third and he tries to run at the Sociedad defence. Zubeldia gets back at the Argentine to make the decisive tackle.
21'
Portu tries to surge forward down the right flank for the home side before cutting in on his left foot. However, low cross into the middle evades Oyarzabal and Isak, travelling into the hands of Ter Stegen.
19'
Barca have not been able to break into their stride this evening, but have not been troubled at the back themselves. Koeman will be satisfied with proceedings at the moment.
15'
There has not been a great deal of tempo to the contest in the opening 15 minutes. Barca are doing all of the pressing with the home side content to sit back and play on the counter.
13'
Messi tries to force his way through traffic in the final third, but Zubimendi clears off the arm of the Argentine, earning a free-kick for the home side.
11'
Alba works the ball to Messi on the edge of the box and he takes a strike on his right foot, only to place his effort straight at Remiro.
9'
Martín Zubimendi gets yellow.
Zubimendi trips Dembele on the charge and goes into the book.
8'
Pedri tries to weave his way through the Socieded defence, but is halted by a good challenge from Zubeldia.
6'
Merino turns in the final third and surges down the left flank. He arcs a cross to the back post, only to overhit his delivery out for a goal-kick.
Griezmann catches Oyarzabal with a boot on the foot, and the Sociedad forward feels the affects. He limps around the pitch for a few seconds after the fact.
4'
Messi tries to arc a cross to the back post for Alba to chase, but the full-back moves a fraction too soon and is caught offside.
2'
Messi clips a ball over the top for Dest to chase down the right. However, he handles the ball in the area and gives away a free-kick.
1'
We're underway in this LaLiga clash.
Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of the LaLiga clash between Real Sociedad and Barcelona at the Reale Arena.
Real Sociedad saw a seven-game unbeaten run in LaLiga ended last time out in a 1-0 defeat to Granada on the road. Imanol Alguacil's men are currrently 10 points off the pace in a bid for Champions League football. The club enjoyed an excellent start to the campaign, but since December they've gradually slid down the table. Sociedad need victories to propel themselves back into contention and a win over Barca would send out a strong statement.
Barcelona have rounded into form to make a surge towards the top of LaLiga. The Catalan club are unbeaten in their last 17 league matches, winning 11 out of their last 12 games. Ronald Koeman's men begin the evening four points behind Atletico Madrid at the top, but a win on the road against Sociedad would put the pressure right back on their rivals. Barca are very dangerous at the moment in the league.
REAL SOCIEDAD (4-4-2): Alex Remiro; Andoni Gorosabel, Igo Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Martin Merquelanz; Portu, Ander Guevara, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino; Mikel Oyarzabal, Alexander Isak.
REAL SOCIEDAD SUBS: Asier Illarramendi, Carlos Fernandez, Adnan Januzaj, Modibo Sagnan, Ander Barrenetxea, Jon Bautista, Roberto Lopez, Unai Marrero.
BARCELONA (4-3-3) Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergino Dest, Oscar Mingueza, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Pedri; Ousmane Dembele, Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann.
BARCELONA SUBS: Ronald Araujo, Miralem Pjanic, Martin Braithwaite, Riqui Puig, Neto, Trincao, Matheus Fernandes, Samuel Umtiti, Junior Firpo, Ilaix Moriba, Arnau Tenas.
Sociedad were undone by two pieces of incisive play from the Catalan club. The home side have had chances of their own, but Alexander Isak has been denied twice by Marc-Andre ter Stegen. It's going to take something special for Imanol Alguacil's men to get back into this game.
Thanks for joining our commentary this evening. Until next time, goodbye.
Real Sociedad have to pick themselves up for their next outing when they take on Athletic Bilbao in the delayed 2019/20 Copa del Rey final. Barcelona are next in action after the international break against Real Valladolid at Camp Nou on April 5.
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