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Barcelona took vantage of Real Madrid's stumble and regained the Spanish league pb with a comfy 3-0 triumph implicit relegation-threatened Levante.
Marc Bernal, Frenkie de Jong and Fermín López scored a extremity each arsenic Barcelona ended a two-game losing streak to get backmost successful beforehand of rival Madrid, which mislaid 2-1 astatine Osasuna connected Saturday.
Barcelona moved 1 constituent up of Madrid, which had won 8 successful a enactment successful the league earlier losing to Osasuna.
“We cognize it isn't casual to commencement winning again aft 2 defeats, but the squad gave a precise bully response” Barcelona manager Hansi Flick said.
Barcelona was coming disconnected a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Girona successful the league and a 4-0 nonaccomplishment to Atletico Madrid successful the archetypal limb of the Copa del Rey semifinals.
“It was important to triumph and gain 3 points again,” Barcelona defender João Cancelo said. “Soccer gives you these opportunities to rebound and that's what we did today, playing good again aft 2 atrocious games.” Barcelona had earned a cleanable expanse lone erstwhile successful its erstwhile six games successful each competitions.
Good commencement for Barcelona Bernal scored from adjacent scope 4 minutes into the lucifer astatine the Camp Nou Stadium. The 18-year-old Bernal had scored his archetypal extremity with the archetypal squad 2 rounds agone successful a triumph implicit Mallorca.
“They had an aboriginal accidental but my extremity helped america settee and summation immoderate confidence,” Bernal said.
De Jong added to the pb from wrong the country successful the 32nd and López sealed the triumph with a beauteous long-range changeable successful the 81st, with the shot ricocheting disconnected the station earlier going into the net.
Levante's Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan kept Barcelona from adding the 4th with a brace of outstanding saves successful a enactment successful the last minutes, archetypal disconnected a header by Raphinha and past disconnected a point-blank onslaught from López connected the rebound.
It was the 4th consecutive decision for Levante, which is successful 19th place. It is 1 constituent up of last-place Oviedo, which has a crippled successful hand.
Levante has lone 1 triumph successful its past 8 matches.
Pedri entered the lucifer successful the 66th to marque his instrumentality to enactment astir a period aft an wounded layoff.
Yamal's 100th triumph Lamine Yamal celebrated his 100th triumph with Barcelona, becoming the youngest subordinate to scope that people successful authoritative matches for the club.
The 18-year-old Yamal's 139 games see 16 draws and 23 defeats.
Flick downplayed Yamal's evident disappointment astatine being replaced successful the last minutes.
Other results Third-place Villarreal, Barcelona's adjacent league opponent, restored a three-point spread to fourth-place Atletico Madrid by coming from down to bushed Valencia 2-1 astatine home. Atletico bushed seventh-place Espanyol 4-2 astatine location connected Saturday.
Sixth-place Celta Vigo defeated relegation-threatened Mallorca 2-0 astatine location with seasoned guardant Iago Aspas scoring successful the 85th and 90th minutes. Celta had been winless successful 4 consecutive league matches. Mallorca has mislaid six of its past 8 games.
Sevilla won 1-0 astatine 10-man Getafe for its 2nd triumph successful its past 10 matches successful each competitions.
Djibril Sow scored a 64th-minute victor for the visitors. Getafe played a antheral down from the 26th aft a consecutive reddish paper for Djene Dakonam.
The effect near Sevilla successful 11th place, instantly supra Getafe. (AP) APA APA
