Barcelona restore their three-point benefit over Actual Madrid on the high of LaLiga with a 4-1 dwelling win towards Girona.
Barcelona thumped guests Girona 4-1 within the Catalan soccer derby after Robert Lewandowski netted twice within the second half to maneuver Hansi Flick’s aspect three factors away from Actual Madrid, who beat Leganes 3-2 on Saturday, on the high of LaLiga.
Sunday’s victory moved Barcelona to 66 factors from 29 video games as 36-year-old Lewandowski – who scored twice after the rating was tied at 1-1 – prolonged his tally on the high of LaLiga’s scoring chart to 25 objectives, three away from Actual Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe.
“I do know lots of people speak about my age, however I work as laborious as I did after I was 21 and I wish to play for extra seasons,” Lewandowski stated with a smile.
“In the mean time I’m feeling nice bodily, and in case you take a look at the numbers, they’re the identical as they’ve all the time been.”
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski scores his group’s second aim (Albert Gea/Reuters)
Barcelona predictably dominated the opening phases as Fermin Lopez and Lewandowski examined Paulo Gazzaniga in Girona’s aim with two early pictures.
Moments later, Lopez went down on the sting of the field and the referee awarded a free kick. However when VAR requested him to evaluation his resolution for a possible penalty, he gave Girona a free kick as an alternative, a lot to the shock of the Barcelona gamers.
Jules Kounde had a aim disallowed when he strayed offside as Girona had no reply to Barca’s forays into the field. However Gazzaniga stood robust to disclaim the house aspect again and again, making 4 essential saves within the first half alone.
The Argentine keeper might solely stand and watch, nonetheless, when Yamal’s free kick was deflected off Girona defender Ladislav Krejci for an personal aim two minutes earlier than the break.
Girona struck again after the restart towards the run of play after they gained the ball again in midfield and Dutch ahead Arnaut Danjuma curled his shot previous Wojciech Szczesny in aim.
Barcelona didn’t panic they usually restored their lead simply after the hour-mark when Lopez headed a ball throughout the field and Lewandowski transformed with an acrobatic end on the far put up.
Robert Lewandowski scores Barcelona’s third aim of the soccer match (Albert Gea/Reuters)
Lewandowski then made it 3-1 within the 77th minute from a counterattack when Frenkie de Jong discovered him within the field and the Polish striker curled a low shot previous Gazzaniga.
Substitute Ferran Torres made it 4-1 when he expertly managed a move from the wing with a chic first contact earlier than discovering the underside nook. Then Yamal practically made it 5, solely to see his curling shot cannon off the crossbar.
“It’s very clear to see that after they had the ball this afternoon, it wasn’t straightforward for us. We knew we have been up towards an ideal group,” Danjuma stated of Barcelona.
“After I scored, I assumed we might take one thing from the sport, we might stress them a little bit bit extra. However then they bought their second, they bought their third… after which it turned very tough.”
