( CNN ) -- Zlatan Ibrahimovic upstaged Lionel Messi as Barcelona edged past lowly Osasuna with a 2-0 victory to go top of Spain 's La Liga . All the recent focus has been on Argentina striker Messi who came into the match on the back of two successive league hat-tricks . But Josep Guardiola 's men were made to work hard by Osasuna and were thankful to their Swedish forward Ibrahimovic who broke the deadlock on 73 minutes . Teenager Bojan Krkic added a late second to seal the game . Blog : Is Messi better than Maradona ? The result takes Barcelona three points clear of rivals Real Madrid at the top of the league but Real can regain first place if they beat Getafe on Thursday . Elsewhere , Valencia moved clear in fourth after David Villa 's goal was enough to see off Malaga . Mallorca failed to keep pace with Valencia after they drew 0-0 at Racing Santander . A late goal from Guiseppe Rossi salvaged a point for Villarreal at Tenerife while Kalu Uche 's goal handed Almeria a 1-0 win over Real Zaragoza . Vallodolid and Espanyol each had a man sent off as they drew 0-0 . In Italy , league leaders Inter Milan moved four points clear at the top of the table after a 3-0 win over Livorno . Cameroon striker Samuel Eto ' o grabbed two goals while Maicon added the other . AC Milan dropped down to third after they were beaten 1-0 at Parma . Valeri Bojinov got the only goal of the game before Milan 's Andrea Pirlo was sent off . AS Roma took advantage of Milan 's slip by winning 2-0 at Bologna to go second . John Arne Riise and Julio Baptista got on the scoresheet . Palermo drew 2-2 at Genoa and stay fourth , Sampdoria were beaten 2-1 at Bari while Giuseppe Mascara 's strike was enough for Catania to beat Fiorentina . Lazio grabbed a much-needed victory over Siena , Atalanta beat Cagliari 3-1 at home and Udinese and Chievo drew 0-0 .
Barcelona beat Osasuna 2-0 to go top of Spain 's La Liga . Osasuna 2-0 and Samuel Eto ' got the goals for Inter Milan . Zlatan Ibrahimovic o scored twice as Inter Milan beat Livorno 3 -0 . Barca were beaten 1 -0 at Parma .