This follows shock defeats of Real Madrid by Barcelona and AC Milan, their first back-to-back home losses in over three years.
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Rodrygo scored the opener early with a close-range strike after brilliant individual play by Vinicius.
Strikers Joao Felix, Luis Suarez and Angel Correa were on target to lift Diego Simeone’s side to fourth spot with 42 points from 25 games.
Zinedine Zidane’s side were held up on the runway in Madrid for four hours, a day before the game, due to the snowstorm that pummelled Spain
Zidane underwent an antigen test on Thursday morning, which came out negative.
Teenage forward Ansu Fati put Barça in front midway through the first half after the visitors had already hit the woodwork three times.
Barca surrendered the title to Real Madrid after Thursday’s 2-1 defeat by Osasuna.
Real have 86 points after 37 games, seven more than deposed champions Barcelona who were beaten 2-1 at home to Osasuna.
Having suffered a calf problem while on international duty with Argentina over the summer, Messi has not featured against either Athletic Bilbao or Celta Vigo.
Osasuna were blitzed with four Barcelona goals in 10 second-half minutes as the Catalans stayed top of La Liga with a 7-1 victory at the Nou Camp
The defending champions are now three points clear of Real Madrid, who have played two games fewer and faced Deportivo la Coruna on Wednesday in a match they won
The former Granada boss oversaw five league games and three Copa del Rey clashes, losing seven matches and earning his sole victory against his former side before Christmas