The win moved Barcelona back to second place, three points behind leaders Real Madrid in the La Liga 2022-23 table. Robert Lewandowski scored a brace.
Barcelona needed only seven minutes to get back on track in the Spanish La Liga 2022-23. After losing to Real Madrid in the 바카라El Clasico바카라 on Sunday, Barcelona rebounded by scoring three goals in a seven-minute span in the first half of a 3-0 win over Villarreal on Thursday. (More Football News)
Robert Lewandowski scored in the 31st and 35th minutes, and Ansu Fati added one in the 38th to give Barcelona the victory and move the Catalan club back within three points of defending champion Madrid.
Madrid had taken its lead to six points after a 3-0 win at last-place Elche on Wednesday. The rivals had entered the first 바카라clásico바카라 of the season tied on points and Madrid won 3-1 at the Bernabéu to take sole possession of first place.
Sunday바카라s loss had compounded Barcelona바카라s disappointment after it saw its hopes of advancing in the Champions League all but end with a 3-3 home draw against Inter Milan last week. 바카라After the bad results against Inter and Madrid we needed a victory,바카라 Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong said. 바카라Winning always helps to boost the team바카라s morale in the locker room.바카라
Coach Xavi Hernández said Barcelona had to quickly change its dynamics, and the squad responded. Lewandowski opened the scoring with a low shot from near the penalty spot after clearing two defenders with a nice first touch off a cross by Jordi Alba.
The Poland striker added to the lead with another beautiful goal as he moved away from a defender and a fired a curling right-footed shot from outside the area into the far corner. Fati sealed the victory from close range after a buildup started by Ferran Torres. It was Fati바카라s first goal since September.
It was Barcelona바카라s eighth win in 10 league matches so far, with the other setback in addition to the 바카라clásico바카라 loss being a 0-0 home draw against Rayo Vallecano in the first round. Barcelona next host Athletic Bilbao before welcoming Bayern Munich in the Champions League in a match in which it might already be eliminated depending on Inter Milan바카라s result earlier in the day.
Villarreal dropped to ninth place. Unai Emery바카라s team had beaten Osasuna in the previous round to end a four-game winless streak in the league. The three goals Villarreal conceded matched the number of goals it had allowed in all other league games so far. It had arrived at the Camp Nou with the league바카라s best defense.
바카라Nothing worked for us from the start,바카라 Villarreal midfielder Manu Trigueros said. There was a moment of silence before the match because of the death of Villarreal vice president José Manuel Llaneza, considered the architect of Villarreal바카라s project that led the club to its recent glories.
Almería opened a three-goal lead then held on to a 3-2 win over Girona at home in a match between promoted clubs. Girona thought it had completed its comeback but a goal seven minutes into stoppage time was disallowed for a foul.
The visitors dropped into the relegation zone with the loss, while Almería jumped to 13th place. Seventh-place Osasuna defeated Espanyol 1-0 at home with a 55th-minute winner by Ante Budimir. Espanyol dropped to near the relegation zone with the away loss.