Gerard Martín, Marc Casadó, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski scored a goal each to put Barcelona one point ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish league. Barcelona is three points ahead of third-placed Real Madrid, which lost 2-1 at Real Betis on Saturday, when Atletico beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at home.

BARCELONA (Reuters) -Barcelona returned to the top of the LaLiga table and wrested back control of the title race with a comfortable 4-0 home victory over 10-man Real Sociedad on Sunday. Barcelona's sixth straight league win moved them into first place with 57 points from 26 games,

Barcelona reclaimed top spot in La Liga with a comfortable victory over 10-man Real Sociedad. Atletico Madrid had leapfrogged them following their 1-0 win over Athletic Club on Saturday.