Evening all! So, Barcelona currently top La Liga, but are level on points with Real Madrid having played a game more. They'll need to win this and hope Sevilla can do them a favour.

Las Palmas break, Montoro sliding a ball inside Digne for Jese. He bustles clear at inside-left, but Digne pulls him down just before he enters the box, and Gonzalez Gonzalez shows a yellow card, presumably on the understanding that Umtit was coming across. I'm not certain he'd have got there.

Barca are in gear now. Jordi Alba goes down the left and slides a pass into Messi down the left side of the box. He moves away from goal, Las Palmas relax, and then he turns to smack a low cross across the face of goal; Helder Lopes turns it behind before Suarez can pounce at the back post. The corner comes to nowt.

Iniesta clips a ball over the top, ostensibly to no one, except he's seen Suarez tanking in - of course he has. But the pass it just too long, and Javi Varas collects easily enough.

The ref is called Jose Luis Gonzalez Gonzalez. On which point today I learnt that Alexis Sanchez is called Alexis Alejandro Sanchez Sanchez.

Las Palmas win a corner down the left, go short, then pass it several more times before Viera sends in a cross. It's easily fielded by Ter Stegen.

Digne trips Lopes good and late. He avoids a booking, but that was pretty crude.

Off we go.

I said Spanish, I meant Dutch, in which I know one word: bustehouder.

Anyway, the players are ready to go.

The IPL cricket has overrun, so I've currently got commentary in Spanish. Please bear with me.

Tangentially, this is the best football-related thing I've seen recently.

I suppose there's a chance Madrid slip-up tonight. Zidane has done a really job of rotating his players this season, and they'll have expended a lot of energy, both physical and emotional, in midweek. That's all I got.

Declare every trophy they've ever won, null and void.

...only joking.

My view...