A deflected effort from Cristian Tello and a late consolation from Giorgios Samaras rounded off the scoring.
And Martino was delighted with how his side reacted to recent criticism following defeats away to Ajax and Athletic Bilbao.
"It was the best we have been in
these four months in terms of the level of our play, our effectiveness
and how we managed to maintain that level for the majority of the game.
Apart from the last five minutes, we were excellent," he said.
"Barcelona always play very well with the ball and what we needed was the intensity to win it back.
"Today, we had both the
concentration and intensity to win it back high up the field. We moved
the ball around when we need to and played more directly when we the
move demanded it."
In the
absence of the injured Lionel Messi, the focus has been on Neymar to
start producing the goalscoring form that persuaded Barca to spend 57
million euros ($78 million, £48 million) on him back in May.
Until Wednesday, the Brazilian had only netted five times in 20 games.
Martino
insisted in his pre-match press conference that the goals would finally
come, but warned against piling too much pressure on the 21-year-old
given the workload he has already had in 2013.
"He always responds whether he is playing on the wing, or, like today, through the middle.
"But we have to remember that
Neymar has had a very difficult year given what he did at Santos, then
his arrival in Barcelona, being the main player at the Confederations
Cup, not having a pre-season, and then travelling so much with his
national team.
"For him it is not halfway through the season but near the end and he needs to rest at some point.
"We hope to give him that rest and hopefully he will return in good shape after the winter break."
Barca
must now wait until December 16 to see who they will face in the
knockout stages come February with English sides Manchester City and Arsenal appearing to be their most difficult potential opponents.
However,
Martino wants his side to forget about the Champions League for a
couple of months and concentrate on domestic matters in La Liga and the
Copa del Rey.
"We need to see
how we are in 60 days. The only thing we can do is prepare well. In the
meantime we have other duties to take care of in the league and Copa del
Rey.
"We have done what we needed to do in the Champions League and now we need to wait and see what happens."
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