Barcelona moved nine focuses clear at the highest point of La Liga on account of first-half objectives from Luis Suarez and Neymar in spite of an unconvincing presentation in a 2-1 win at Las Palmas on Saturday.
Suarez opened the scoring right off the bat with his 41st objective of the season, yet Willian Jose deservedly leveled for the hosts inside 10 minutes.
Neymar restored the lead from short proximity before the break, yet the European champions needed to withstand a late invasion from the Canary Islanders to extend their unbeaten keep running in all rivalries to 32 recreations.
Barca's nearest challengers Atletico Madrid can cut the hole when they have Villarreal, whilst third-set Real Madrid, who are currently 10 focuses loose of Barca, go to Malaga on Sunday.
"To win titles you need to endure and we've now had two or three recreations far from home where we have battled," said Suarez.
"It is constantly pleasant to play differently and win recreations effortlessly, yet these are the diversions which win you the alliance."
In spite of confronting Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique rested just Gerard Pique, whilst Sergio Busquets was additionally suspended from the side that is relied upon to begin at the Emirates.
The star trio of Lionel Messi, Suarez and Neymar began again and proved to be fruitful after only six minutes as Suarez amplified his lead over Cristiano Ronaldo as La Liga's top scorer with his 25th Liga objective of the battle.
Andres Iniesta's splendidly weighted pass liberated Jordi Alba down the left and his low cross was let go into the top of the net by Suarez at the back post.
Be that as it may, pretty much as in their win at Sporting Gijon in midweek, Barca surrendered minutes in the wake of scoring the opener as Jonthan Viera's splendid backheel teed up Jose to commute home the equalizer.
Javi Varas then made fine spares to deny Messi and Andres Iniesta one after another before Suarez by one means or another headed wide when totally unmarked from Messi's free-kick.
The previous Liverpool striker made up for himself with splendid play down the privilege in the development to Barca's second as from his reduction Varas again denied Messi, however the ball fell impeccably for Neymar to hammer home the bounce back.
Suarez had a brilliant opportunity to put the amusement to bed after the break as Varas made another wonderful recovery from point-clear range after an incredible knockdown by Dani Alves.
Notwithstanding, with Barca tiring in the last quarter, Las Palmas had a large group of opportunities to grab a point. Firstly, Claudio Bravo plunged to one side to repel Viera's exertion before Jose let go into the side-mesh.
Sergio Araujo came nearest to an equalizer when his shot crosswise over Bravo flew inches past the far post and the Argentine had another awesome chance a moment from time when he couldn't redirect a free ball inside the are on focus with Bravo fluttering.
Yet, it was Barca who ought to have set the seal on an eighth back to back class win when Neymar let go directly at Varas with simply the 'guardian to beat in stoppage time.
Celta Vigo climbed to 6th with their first class win in five recreations on account of John Guidetti's twofold in a 3-1 win over Eibar.
Espanyol supervisor Constantin Galca spared his employment as Marco Asensio's singular objective finished an eight-diversion winless streak to beat Deportivo la Coruna 1-0 and move four focuses clear of the assignment.
In the interim, Real Betis and Sporting Gijon additionally stay simply outside the drop zone after a 1-1 draw.
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