Barca took another step towards retaining their La Liga title when goals from Bojan Krkic, Pedro and Yaya Toure fired them to a 3-0 home win over Deportivo Coruna.
|Last Updated: Apr 15, 2010, 09:18 AM IST|Source: Bureau
Barcelona: Barca took another step towards retaining their La Liga title when goals from Bojan Krkic, Pedro and Yaya Toure fired them to a 3-0 home win over Deportivo Coruna.
Saturday`s 2-0 victory over arch rivals Real Madrid had put Pep Guardiola`s side three points clear at the top and their latest crushing triumph extended their advantage to six ahead of Real`s match at Almeria on Thursday.
Midfielder Xavi cracked open the Depor defence to release Bojan to score from close range in the 16th minute at a jubilant Nou Camp before Pedro netted the pick of the goals in the 69th.An attempted clearance from Daniel Aranzubia went straight to the 22-year-old and he lifted a first-time effort over the Depor goalkeeper and into the empty net from just inside the visitors` half.
Aranzubia had earlier kept Depor in the match with superb saves from Lionel Messi, Xavi and Jeffren but was beaten again three minutes later when Toure`s powerful strike crashed in off a defender.Barca have 83 points with six matches remaining. Real are on 77 and Valencia, who host Athletic Bilbao on Thursday, trailing on 56 in third.
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