Barcelona continued the good run after celebrating their ninth win in a row, and sixth in the League, after beating Almeria 5-0.

Guardiola selected the eleven players who lost to Numancia on the opening day of the season. With Alves, Marquez, Poyol and Abidal on the back line, Toure, Xavi and Iniesta on the midfield, Eto'o played striker while Messi and Henry played wide around him.

Even though, Almeria had the first chance of the game with Albert Crusat heading wide, Barcelona replied soon when Eto'o took advantage of the poor clearance of the ball by Almeria defender, the Cameroonian gave no chance to Diego Alves as he volleyed into the back of the net. It wasn't so long before they added the second, when Messi's right foot shot found Henry, who tapped home.

Things didn't seem to get better as Eto'o added the third goal on the twentieth minutes. Iniesta sent a brilliant through ball to Xavi, One on one with the keeper, he squared the ball to Eto'o, who tapped the ball into an empty net. Four minutes later, Messi found his way through the defenders and cutting back the ball for Eto'o, who scored the fourth for the Catalan, and his third in the game, and ninth in the league.

After thirty six minutes, Alves scored the fifth and his first goal for the Blaugrana after taking a free kick from thirty five yards. Before that, Almeria had to play the rest of the game with ten men, after Negredo was sent off, after committing a foul against Marquez while showing no intention of going for the ball.

After the break, the game seemed to lack the fast rhythm in the first half, even if some chances was available for both sides as Barca players looked careless due the scoreline. Guardiola made his first change when he brought in Hleb instead of Toure, then he took off Henry who was replaced by Bojan, and for the first time this season, Alves was taken off to be replaced by Victor Sanchez.

Until the final whistle, Barcelona kept in attacking, while Almeria struggled not to receive any extra goals.

Barcelona moved up three points, and they wait for tomorrow to see the rest of the results. The next game will be in the middle of the week in Copa del rey. Hopefully some players that haven't played enough minutes will have the chance to start the game.