The Catalan giants were irrepressible with both Cesc Fabregas and Alexis Sanchez investing in first-rate shows. The pair mixed wonderfully to end the first half with two goals and two helps each, before the former Arsenal man - operating as a eight in the lack of Lionel Messi - completed his hat-trick immediately after the restart. It took 20 minutes for Tito Vilanova's men to break the Islanders' opposition and it was Fabregas who, moving the ball past Dudu Aouate after having a impressive one-two with Alexis, ended a work of eight Liga excursions without a target and opened the scoring. Two minutes later the advantage was doubled by Alexis as he used up from Fabregas' initial attempt with an easy finishing giving him his next Liga goal of the growing season. The Blaugrana were relentless in strike and, after Aouate had kept out Andres Iniesta, Alexis missed a wonderful opportunity to get the third as the Chilean did not change the ball on purpose from inside the six-yard box. Alejandro Alfaro then did not halve the deficit with a in the minute and it turned out to be acutely expensive as another two objectives for the hosts arrived in the following three full minutes. Fabregas bagged his 2nd of the night after falling strong and playing another give-and-go with Alexis, bursting into the area to receive the cross and put it into the underside corner. The favour was then returned by the former Arsenal man, clipping an attractive ball over the top to Alexis who used the area between the centre-backs to double and get his tally for the night time. There was no let up after half-time and with just 50 minutes of the 2nd half performed Fabregas turned the first Spaniard to score a hat-trick for the club since Luis Enrique in 2001, latching onto Iniesta's pass and checking back within Kevin Garcia Martinez before moving the ball in to the bottom part. Mallorca thought they'd pulled one back four minutes later when Alfaro stabbed the ball in at the back post, and then start to see the referee's secretary raise his flag for a doubtful offside decision. Cristian Tello and Gerard Pique both came near to discovering the Blaugrana's sixth of the evening, although any applause that could have been acquired might not have matched the rapturous reception for Eric Abidal as he marked his return carrying out a liver transplant in the 70th minute. Ultimately there was no additional objectives for Barcelona however the comfortable win restores their 13-point advantage at the top of La Liga following Real Madrid's win earlier on Saturday. Mallorca, meanwhile, fall to the foot of the dining table after Deportivo Manhunter Coruna found a win against Real Zaragoza.
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