Robert Lewandowski scored twice inside 17 second-half minutes as Barcelona brushed apart guests Girona to maneuver three factors above Actual Madrid on the high of LaLiga with a ninth consecutive league win.
Ladislav Krejci’s own-goal from Lamine Yamal’s free-kick gave Barca the lead two minutes earlier than the break, just for a fantastic end by Arnaut Danjuma to attract the White and Reds stage with their first try heading in the right direction.
An acrobatic close-range effort by Lewandowski restored the hosts’ lead within the 61st minute, and the Poland captain discovered the far nook of the online with a low drive from contained in the field on the left for his twenty fifth purpose of the season, placing him two away from next-nearest rival Kylian Mbappe, who joined Madrid final summer time, as the highest scorer in Spain.
Ferran Torres took a contact to enter the field earlier than rolling in a late fourth with the ahead’s fourth purpose in three league appearances.
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Barcelona vs Girona: Lewandowski double
Barcelona had all 4 makes an attempt heading in the right direction and nearly 72% of possession through the first half, however they wanted fortuitous means to go forward when Yamal’s curling set piece from the sting of the field on the precise took a deflection off Czechia worldwide Krejci and crept contained in the close to put up.
Jules Kounde had the ball within the web for Barca shortly beforehand after combining with Yamal, just for his end to be dominated out for offside.
Yamal had set Lewandowski for an early probability earlier than testing goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga himself within the fifteenth minute, however Girona, who had solely misplaced one in every of their earlier 4 top-flight journeys to Barcelona, hit again eight minutes after the restart when Daley Blind received possession on the left and quick-wittedly launched Danjuma simply contained in the penalty space, the ahead angling a low first-time end into the far nook of the online.
Danjuma had solely 5 touches through the first half however confirmed his effectivity and ruthlessness to briefly imperil Barcelona’s flawless league run since January 18, placing as a part of his third mortgage transfer from Villarreal following spells with Tottenham and Everton.
Having demonstrated his agility and bravado to revive Barca’s lead by delivering Fermin Lopez’s cross, Lewandowski netted once more as a part of a swift counter-attack, with Ferran Torres’s purpose taking Barcelona’s league tally to 82 for the season – 20 greater than Madrid.
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Actual Madrid: Second in LaLiga
The reigning champions have been made to work for his or her win as they briefly drew stage on factors with Barcelona by successful 3-2 at residence to Leganes on Saturday.
Mbappe opened the scoring for the Champions League holders from the penalty spot, however they have been behind at half-time courtesy of targets by Diego Garcia and Dani Raba.
Jude Bellingham equalised two minutes after the interval and Mbappe’s winner 14 minutes from time ensured Atletico Madrid’s 1-1 draw at Espanyol left Diego Simeone’s crew six points behind Madrid.
Every of the three title contenders has 9 league video games remaining, with Barcelona travelling to Atleti subsequent within the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Wednesday (20:30 BST), having drawn the primary leg 4-4.
Madrid will begin the second leg of their tie at residence to Actual Sociedad with a 1-0 lead on Tuesday (20:30).
