The win in Cornella meant that Barça have run up a record 10 successive away wins in La Liga between the finish of last year and this season’s unbelievable opening.
The win in Pamplona a fortnight ago marked the best ever create to a league campaign on the road and this Saturday’s stretched that run to eight wins, which added to the last two away wins of last season make it ten wins from the last 10 away games.
The run began at El Madrigal when Barça responded to Madrid’s pressure with a stunning 1-4 win and the week after they got another important win in thrashing Seville 2-3 at the Sanchez Pijuan to virtually ensure another La Liga title.
That form approved on onto this season with wins at Racing (0-3), Atletico Madrid (1-2), Bilbao (1-3), Zaragoza (0-2), Getafe (1-3), Almeria (0-8), Osasuna (0-3) and Espanyol (1-5) - eight wins from eight that have given them a full seven more points than their nearest rivals Real Madrid.
The team have scored an incredible 36 goals in those 10 games and approved just 7, with Messi scoring 11, Pedro 6, Villa 4 and Bojan 4 times – making 25 of the team’s strikes. Valdes has remained winning in four of the wins.
