VALENCIA.- He Barcelona remains unstoppable in LaLiga after winning 4-2 this Sunday on their visit to Levant on the fifth date of the Spanish championship, with a double of Lamine Yamal to sweep away all doubts about its performance.
The young man Xavi Espart opened the scoring (5′), Yamal increased the lead (19′, 48′ penalty) and Karim Adeyemi closed the account (90+2′), to certify a total of five victories in five matches of LaLiga.
Although the goals of Ivan Romero (79′) and Roger Brugué (88) put some emotion at the end of the match.
Barça consolidated its lead in the Spanish championship with three points ahead of the Real Madrid, that the day before had defeated 4-1 Rayo Vallecanoand five about Alavés (4th) and Seville (5th).
The Blaugranas dominated the match practically from the beginning, although with less brilliance than in their last games and ended up suffering from their own mistakes, against a combative Levante.
“It was a difficult match. We made it more difficult for ourselves than necessary,” said the Barça goalkeeper. Joan Garciato Movistar+.
Barça took the lead early when Espart unleashed a shot from the edge of the area close to the post (5).
Levante tried to put pressure on the Catalans without much success.
Dominating with their ball circulation, Barça increased their score on the counterattack with a cavalcade of Raphinha to the baseline, from where he passed back for the arrival of Yamal, who practically only had to push the ball (19′).
Lamine repeated it in the second half by converting a penalty committed against the Barça winger himself (48′).
Top scorer
The young world champion with Spain He thus added his sixth goal in LaLiga, joining the Real Madrid forwards as the best scorer in the championship, Kylian Mbappé, and Rayo Vallecano, Sergio Camelloand his partner Raphinha.
Questioned at the beginning of the season, Yamal has quickly erased all doubts surrounding his performance, forming a great partnership with Raphinha, who remains impeccable in his role as forward.
The Brazilian was once again a reference in Barcelona’s attack, appearing in almost all of his team’s dangerous actions.
final nerves
Levante’s few chances came from Barça’s few defensive errors.
The Barcelona center back, Andreas Christensen, He saved a shot from Romero when goalkeeper García was already beaten (60′).
But Romero got it right ten minutes from the end when he took advantage of an indecision by Pau Cubarsi to a pass from Espart to steal and score in a one-on-one with García (79′).
The goal briefly encouraged Levante, who took advantage of another rival error to Brugué made it 3-2, beating Cubarsí and García (88).
Nerves appeared among the Barça men until Adeyemi made it 4-2 (90+2) with a shot close to the post to bring the game to an end.
In the first meeting of the day, the Celtic tied 1-1 with the newly promoted Malaga.
The Galician team, which still does not know the victory, went ahead with a goal Iván Jutglà (41′), but Adrian Niño (83) made the final 1-1 with a header.
