Barcelona cruised to a 4-2 win over Mallorca at the Camp Nou to keep them top of La Liga.

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• Matchcast: Barcelona v Mallorca

A double from Pedro, Thierry Henry's first goal in six months and a late Lionel Messi penalty did the damage for the hosts, while Portuguese defender Nunes and striker Alhassane Keita were on target for Mallorca.

Barca took the lead on 11 minutes when in-form winger Pedro got his seventh goal for the club this season, finishing low to the left after a delightful backheel from Zlatan Ibrahimovic played him in.

Mallorca's Israeli keeper Dudu Aouate twice did well to keep the 22-year-old Pedro from netting at the far post, and Barca counterpart Victor Valdes kept Achille Webo from levelling with a superb save after Marti played the Cameroonian clean through.

But terrible defending at the subsequent corner allowed Nunes to head the visitors level and the Liga champions had a fight on their hands, as Borja Valero volleyed just over after a training-ground corner routine.

Barca were back in front five minutes before the break, despite the efforts of poor Aouate, who made a world-class triple save but was barely helped by his statuesque defenders as Pedro rammed home the third rebound for his eighth of the campaign.

Three minutes later the hosts were in cruise control as Henry scored his first goal in six injury-ravaged months when, after Pedro sent a left-wing free-kick to the far post, he stopped to head Sergio Busquets's knock-down into the empty net.

Barca were losing interest and making sloppy mistakes, while Mallorca sensed a route back into the match and threw on Chori Castro and Alhassane Keita.

The hosts had super-subs of their own, in Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, although their introduction was barely noticeable.

Ibrahimovic had the first chance of a dour second half but flicked substitute Messi's free-kick inches wide of the far post.

The game sprung to life in the latter stages, with Ibra firing just wide and Iniesta's acrobatic effort going just over.

After Ibra was fouled in the box by Josemi, Messi netted from the spot with three minutes remaining to make it 4-1.

Mallorca pulled one back deep into injury-time when subs Castro and Keita combined, the Malian firing low past Valdes.