Robert Lewandowski's 26-minute hat-trick steered La Liga leaders Barcelona three points clear of Real Madrid with an emphatic 3-0 win at Alaves on Sunday.Later on Sunday, Atletico Madrid visit Real Sociedad and Sevilla host Real Betis in a Seville derby.

Robert Lewandowski stepped up to the task scoring a first half hat-trick against Alavés. It only took Lewandowski 32 minutes to score his second La Liga hat trick of his career. He headed home a Raphinha free kick to open the scoring seven minutes into the game.

As per Opta, Lewandowski has scored the fourth earliest hat-trick in a La Liga game for Barca (32' vs Alavés). Samuel Eto'o holds the record with a 24-minute hat-trick vs Almería in 2008. Justo Tejada scored a hat-trick in 28 minutes against Real Sociedad in 1954. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi smashed a 30-minute hat-trick vs Mallorca in 2011.