( CNN ) -- Barcelona notched up the pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid with a 4-0 home win over Getafe as Alexis Sanchez scored twice on the day that the Spanish club 's defender Eric Abidal had a liver transplant . Tuesday 's victory left the defending champions a single point behind their archrivals , who face a testing derby match at Atletico Madrid on Wednesday . It was Barcelona 's 10th straight league win , and put Josep Guardiola equal second on the club 's all-time La Liga victories list with 112 as coach , matching Frank Rijkaard . Johan Cruyff has the record of 183 wins from 306 games as coach , but Guardiola has the highest winning percentage of 76.8 % from 146 league outings , losing only 10 times in four seasons . Guardiola dedicated the victory to Abidal , who had his surgery about a year after having a tumor removed from the same organ.. `` We 're very pleased to be able to dedicate this victory to Abidal and his cousin Gerard . It 's a special day because we knew that he was in surgery , '' Guardiola said . `` We 're very pleased because it 's never easy against such a defensive team . We found our patience , and we scored fairly early , we created goalscoring chances ... we controlled the match . It 's very difficult to attack a team that defends with nine players . '' Sanchez opened the scoring in the 13th minute after being put through by Lionel Messi . Argentina star Messi got on the scoresheet himself just before halftime with Chile forward Sanchez adding his second in the 73rd minute , while Pedro rounded off the scoring a minute later to complete the rout . Supporters in the Nou Camp paid a special tribute to the 32-year-old Abidal in the 22nd minute of the match -- the same number as his squad shirt . Barcelona announced on March 15 that Abidal would have a liver transplant `` in the coming weeks . '' Last year he made a remarkable recovery from his cancer removal and helped Barcelona lift the European Champions League trophy after beating Manchester United in the final . The France international had made 20 appearances for Barcelona this season before news emerged of his impending operation . In Tuesday 's other action , Osasuna consolidated sixth place with a 2-0 win over Espanyol that lifted the Pamplona-based club four points clear of their opponents and Atletico . Real Sociedad drew 1-1 at home to Real Betis , a result which left both teams comfortably clear of the relegation zone .
Barcelona beat Getafe 4-0 in the Nou Camp in La Liga match . Reigning champions close to within a point of Real Madrid at top . Alexis Sanchez scores twice for Barcelona with Lionel Messi also on target . Barcelona star Eric Abidal undergoing liver transplant as match takes place .