As well as the El Clasico success, derby delights have been commonplace too, as Espanyol were beaten 3-1 at the weekend, and Barca avenged back-to-back defeats to Girona last season by beating their Catalan neighbours 4-1 earlier in the campaign.

The visitors then took the match away from Red Star Belgrade early in the second half, and the two assists came from Jules Kounde, who first set up Lewandowski to score from close range, before the Frenchman picked out Raphinha, and he continued his stunning start to the season with a brilliant finish into the corner to make it 4-1.

Robert Lewandowski struck twice as in-form Barcelona thrashed Red Star Belgrade 5-2 to stay in the upper echelons of the Champions League group table on Wednesday.