Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde was delighted with their 6-1 rout of Girona.
Despite taking an early lead at the Camp Nou, Girona were on the receiving end of a Lionel Messi-inspired defeat, with Valverde claiming that the Argentine makes things which aren't easy actually appear so.
Luis Suarez netted a hat-trick and Messi scored a brace as the Blaugrana put any notion of a supposed decline in form to the back of everyone's minds.
"Leo [Messi] makes things appear easy, but they aren't easy," Valverde explained in his post-match press conference.
"It's hard to judge a performance like this.
"Just when you think you've seen everything from a player, he goes and surprises you once more.
"We are always waiting to see just how he will raise the bar next."