BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona won their 14th straight Spanish League game with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Racing Santander yesterday.

Pedro Rodriguez and Lionel Messi scored in the first half and Andres Iniesta added another after the restart to send the league leaders seven points clear of Real Madrid ahead of their match against Mallorca today.

Pep Guardiola’s team showed no signs of their midweek defeat to Betis in the Copa del Rey, which ended their run of 28 games without a loss, and continued their dominating play that led them to the midway point of the season with a record points haul of 52.

Racing did what they could to withstand Barcelona’s barrage, but the Catalan side’s trademark combination of short, quick passes was too much for the visitors to handle.

Rodriguez opened the scoring in the second minute chesting a lob pass from Messi across the goal line after the Argentina star combined with David Villa and penetrated the area on the left side.

Messi made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 33rd after Villa was fouled in the area by Racing defender Henrique, and Iniesta fired a pass from Rodriguez that took a friendly deflection off a defender before landing in the net to cap the win in the 56th.

Barcelona are just one victory shy of equalling the league record of consecutive wins set by Real Madrid in 1960-61.

Earlier, Luis Fabiano scored a hat-trick to help give Sevilla a 4-1 win over Levante.

Later, fourth-placed Valencia hosted a Malaga side full of winter reinforcements.

Today, Almeria face Osasuna; Villarreal meet Real Sociedad; Sporting Gijon play Atletico Madrid; Espanyol visit Getafe, and Zaragoza host Deportivo La Coruna.