Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga clash between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the goals and action as it happens. Kick-off: 20.00.

Another win for Barcelona, but this result was a historic one for the Catalans. They have broken Real Madrid's record for unbeaten games by a Spanish team, stretching their run to 35 games. Messi got his hat-trick tonight as Barca put down a marker at the top of the table.

FULL-TIME: Rayo Vallecano 1-5 Barcelona

YELLOW CARD: Neymar (Barcelona)

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Rayo Vallecano 1 Barcelona 5 (88 mins - Arda Turan). That's an important goal for Turan, as he scores his first goal for Barcelona. Mathieu finds the Turkish international at the back post, who heads past Carlos.

Messi and Barcelona are still looking for more goals here. They could really put down a marker in the title race with a big win. The Catalans might have already won this title, effectively.

The post match reaction to this match will be strange I'd imagine. Barcelona have been well on top for the whole game, but this weird penalty kick deficiency will surely receive attention.

SUAREZ RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE OF GOAL! Quick passing from Barcelona creates the space for the visitors to shoot, but the striker can't quite find the far corner of the net.

Rayo Vallecano sub: Manucho OFF, Javi Guerra ON.

Well that was quite a calamitous moment. The referee attempted to show Turan a yellow card and mistakenly got out the red card. He only realised his error after flashing it.

YELLOW CARD: Arda Turan (Barcelona)

That change means that Mascherano will move into the centre of midfield, although in this kind of situation I'm not really sure that Barcelona need someone to anchor the middle.

Barcelona sub: Sergio Busquets OFF, Thomas Vermaelen ON.

This match was already over as a contest before the second sending off, but now it is simply a procession. Rayo Vallecano simply cannot get anywhere near the ball right now.

Rayo Vallecano need to sit tight for their own good here. I understand why Paco wants his team to play attacking football at all times, but a big defeat here could really harm them.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Rayo Vallecano 1 Barcelona 4 (74 mins - Lionel Messi). This could get messy for Rayo Vallecano now. Busquets plays a simple pass through to Messi, who runs clean through on goal and finishes past Carlos.

Rayo Vallecano sub: Bebe OFF, Antonio Amaya ON.

PENALTY SAVED! Suarez steps up to the 12 yard mark and Carlos pulls off a wonderful save to deny the Barcelona striker. What is it with the Catalans and penalty kicks? Bizarre.