Barcelona reclaimed top spot in La Liga with a comfortable victory over 10-man Real Sociedad. Atletico Madrid had leapfrogged them following their 1-0 win over Athletic Club on Saturday.

BARCELONA (Reuters) -Barcelona returned to the top of the LaLiga table and wrested back control of the title race with a comfortable 4-0 home victory over 10-man Real Sociedad on Sunday. Barcelona's sixth straight league win moved them into first place with 57 points from 26 games,

Gerard Martín, Marc Casadó, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski scored a goal each to put Barcelona one point ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish league. Barcelona is three points ahead of third-placed Real Madrid, which lost 2-1 at Real Betis on Saturday, when Atletico beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at home.