Barcelona v Alaves LIVE: As it happened – Lionel Messi and Philippe Coutinho on target in comfortable win - La Liga 2018-19

Barcelona 3-0 Alaves​
La Liga 2018-19
Camp Nou​
Kick-off: 9.15pm BST

Reigning champions Barcelona kicked-off their La Liga campaign with a 3-0 victory over Alaves at Camp Nou .

Ben Hayward was in attendance, and you can relive all the action in our blog below:

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Ernesto Valverde’s side lost just one match on their way to the title last season, and will accept nothing other than a victory tonight.

Alaves finished the campaign in 14th place last season, and lost this fixture 2-1 last time out, but they did win by the same scoreline at Camp Nou the season berfore.

Last five meetings