European wrap: Seven-star Barcelona blow Valencia away

Barcelona thrashed La Liga strugglers Valencia 7-1 to complete a memorable week and stay in touch with leaders Real Madrid.

Hansi Flick's side produced one of their best displays of the season five days after their impressive Champions League fightback to win 5-4 in Lisbon.

Barca raced into a 3-0 lead after 14 minutes and led 5-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Frenkie de Jong, Ferran Torres, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez's brace.

Robert Lewandowski added a sixth after Hugo Duro had pulled one back for the visitors and Cesar Tarrega's own goal completed the scoring.

Athletic Bilbao lost ground on the top two, slipping to fourth place after being held to a goalless draw at Leganes.

Randy Nteka's late double sealed Rayo Vallecano a 2-1 home win against Girona and extended his side's unbeaten league run to seven matches.

Girona had led through Bryan Gil's second-half header, but Nteka scored twice in the last 10 minutes and Vallecano leapfrogged them into seventh place in the table, one point off the top six.

Getafe maintained their climb away from relegation trouble with a surprise 3-0 win at Real Sociedad, thanks to Christantus Uche's second-half effort and two late goals from Carles Perez.

In Serie A, Lazio's home game against Fiorentina ended in high drama with both managers sent off as the 10-man visitors held on to win 2-1.

La Viola, who snapped a six-game winless league run, dented Lazio's top-four hopes in a chaotic finish at the Olympic Stadium, which saw Fiorentina boss Raffaele Palladino and Lazio's Marco Baroni both dismissed.

Goals from Adli - later sent off for a second yellow card - and Lucas Beltran saw Fiorentina race into a two-goal lead before Adam Marusic's stoppage-time header for Lazio, who then hit a post through