Up next for Flick's side is a home game against sixth-placed Rayo Vallecano on Monday, 17 February while Sevilla, who sit 13th, travel to Valladolid a day before.

For the first time ever, Barcelona have collected points in each of their last nine visits to Sevilla in La Liga and for the first time, they have beaten Sevilla in seven consecutive games

After Barca cruised to an easy 4-1 win over Sevilla this weekend that put them within two points of Real, World Sport’s Amanda Davies caught up with editor of Football España Rory Barlow to see just how much pressure this weekend’s action put on Madrid.

Barcelona cut the gap on La Liga's top two with an entertaining 4-1 win over Sevilla on Sunday, despite playing out the final half-hour with 10 men after Fermin Lopez's red card. Robert Lewandowski, Lopez,