MADRID, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Matchday 21 of the Spanish Liga Santander was truncated by the the severe weather which affected the north of Spain and the high winds which damaged the roofs of the Riazor and Balaidos Stadiums. This lead to the postponement of matches between Deportivo la Coruna and Betis, along with Celta Vigo's clash at home to league leaders Real Madrid.

With Madrid out of action, it was an opportunity for FC Barcelona and Sevilla to close the gap on the top of the table. Barcelona took that chance on Saturday with a 3-0 win at home to Athletic Club Bilbao in a game marked by the talents of Leo Messi and Neymar and a poor display from visiting goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz.

Paco Alcacer took advantage of great work from Neymar to score his first league goal for Barca in the 17th minute with a near post shot that Gorka might have stopped.

There was no doubting the keeper's blame when Leo Messi doubled Barca's lead five minutes from halftime with a free kick from a narrow angle.

Athletic created chances of their own, but were denied by Ter Stegen and some wayward finishing before Aleix Vidal sealed Barca's win in the second half.

Meanwhile, Sevilla wasted their chance to go to within a point of Madrid when they were held to a 0-0 draw by Villarreal. Sergio Asenjo saved a Samir Nasri penalty and produced two other fine saves to deny Wassim Ben Yedder and Vicente Iborra.

Fernando Torres scored his first goals since September as Atletico Madrid defeated struggling neighbors Levante in the Vicente Calderon Stadium, netting a 15th minute tap in after Iago Herrerin had saved Antoine Griezmann's penalty and a chip over the Leganes keeper five minutes after the break.

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