Robert Lewandowski and substitute Pablo Torre every scored twice to assist leaders Barcelona thrash guests Sevilla 5-1 in LaLiga on Sunday in a confidence enhance for Hansi Flick’s facet forward of key clashes in opposition to Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid.
Barca have been dominant all through the encounter on the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium and successfully killed off the sport with three targets in 15 first-half minutes beginning with a Lewandowski penalty after Raphinha was fouled from behind within the twenty fourth minute.
Pedri fired a bullet strike from the sting of the field into the highest nook to double their lead 4 minutes later and Lewandowski slotted house a first-time effort from shut vary to internet the third for the Catalan facet within the thirty ninth minute.
It was one other very good efficiency from Barca’s attacking trio of Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski and captain Raphinha who’ve scored 21 of Barca’s 33 LaLiga targets this season.
Polish striker Lewandowski has reached 12 league targets in 10 video games, double the quantity of Kylian Mbappe and Ayoze Perez who’re the joint second highest scorers in LaLiga.
Within the second half, Torre climbed off the bench to attain the fourth with a shot from contained in the field within the 82nd minute and, proper after Stanis Idumbo netted a comfort for Sevilla within the 87th, he wrapped up the scoring with a free kick into the far nook.
Barcelona are on high of the LaLiga standings on 27 factors, three forward Actual Madrid in second and 7 away from Atletico Madrid in third. Sevilla are thirteenth on 12 factors.
“Profitable like this is essential for the video games to return,” Pedri informed Movistar Plus.
“At the moment we needed to go away with extra than simply the three factors, we would have liked that good feeling we received. The coach informed us that there was going to be areas on the fringe of the field and we took benefit of that.”
Following a disappointing first LaLiga defeat at Osasuna, Barca have earned back-to-back league wins.
Their victory over Sevilla was their ninth in 10 LaLiga video games this season, as they put together for a tough week when they are going to host Bayern Munich within the Champions League on Wednesday earlier than travelling to face rivals Actual Madrid in LaLiga on Saturday.
They have been lacking a number of key gamers on Sunday who have been sidelined by accidents, together with Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Ferran Torres and Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
But that they had an enormous cause to have a good time as talisman midfielder Gavi got here off the bench within the second half to play his first minutes after 348 days out with a torn knee ligament.