Barcelona bounce back with big win over Alaves

Oct 31 (Reuters) - Barcelona responded after losses to Real Madrid and Paris St Germain with an emphatic 6-1 win over Alaves at Camp Nou on Saturday night, as Raphinha, Fermin Lopez, Lamine Yamal and Anthony Gordon got on the scoresheet.

Raphinha ⁠finished Fermin's cross for Barcelona's first after eight minutes and Lamine was the provider for Fermin's goal.

Fermin assisted Raphinha again before Lamine added the fourth in first-half stoppage time.

Substitute Gabriel Jesus set up Lamine's second ⁠in the 64th minute and Gordon completed the rout.

Alaves claimed a late consolation through Mariano Diaz, who capitalised on ⁠a mistake by Rodri Hernandez.

Barcelona top the LaLiga standings on 30 points, two ⁠ahead of Atletico Madrid, who beat Levante 2-0 earlier on Saturday. ⁠Alaves lie eighth after their seventh game without a win.

Reporting by Ruairidh Barlow, editing by Ed Osmond