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New Delhi: Two goals from Ferran Torres lifted Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Getafe in La Liga at their makeshift home venue.
Dani Olmo set up one of those goals and scored the third in an impressive display from Hansi Flick's side.
With the three points, unbeaten Barca moved to 13 points but remain second in the standings, two points behind Real Madrid, who have won all their opening five matches of the league.
In front 6,000 supporters at their Sant Joan Despi training ground, Barcelona were on top from the outset despite Lamine Yamal's absence for the third consecutive game with injury.
Torres put the hosts ahead on 15 minutes after Olmo's clever back-heel set him to fire past David Soria and then doubled their lead in the 34th minute.
The Spanish international struck the crossbar just before half-time after rounding the keeper, preventing him from adding to his tally of four goals in five games.
The 25-year-old is currently second in La Liga;s scoring charts, only a goal behind Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe.
"I know I can be a starter at Barcelona and I need to take advantage of every opportunity I get. I'm confident many more goals will come," Torres told DAZN.
"We have quality players who can find space, and we've done well in that regard and I'm glad that we won another one in decisive fashion."
Barca's next travel to face Real Oviedo on Thursday.
Inter Milan rebounded from back-to-back losses in Serie A with a 2-1 victory over Sassuolo.
Federico Dimarco scored in the initial action, utilising Petar Sucic's pass while Carlos Augusto doubled ther advantage in the 81st minute with a deflected shot.
Sassuolo pulled one back through Walid Cheddira in the 84th, putting finishing touches to Domenico Berardi's pass.
Inter went down to Udinese and Juventus but beat Ajax 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday. They now have six points in Serie A after beginning the season with a 5-0 drubbing of Torino.
Newly-promoted Sassuolo remained at three points while Lorenzo Pellegrini scored as AS Roma beat bitter rivals Lazio 1-0 in the Rome derby.
Atalanta won 3-0 at Torino as Nikola Krstovic scored a brace. Como rallied past Fiorentina 2-1 with an added-time goal from Jayden Addai while Cremonese stayed unbeaten after a 0-0 draw with Parma.
