Lamine Yamal scored a surprising overhead kick to assist Barcelona transfer again to the highest of LaLiga with a snug 3-0 win over Actual Oviedo at Camp Nou.
Dani Olmo and Raphinha had obtained the ball rolling within the second half, after Hansi Flick’s facet had been annoyed by their guests earlier than the break.
It took till first-half stoppage time to get the primary probabilities of observe, with Joan Garcia smothering Ilyas Chaira’s tight-angled effort, earlier than Raphinha noticed an analogous effort parried by Aaron Escandell on the different finish.
However Barca got here out brighter after the break and took simply six minutes to interrupt the impasse; David Carmo was caught enjoying out from the again, and Olmo drilled his low shot into the bottom-left nook.
And one other lapse gifted Barcelona their second. David Costas, excessive in his personal half, performed a really slack backpass which Raphinha pounced onto earlier than chipping Escandell, who was nicely off his line.
However Yamal, who had seen an early shot parried by the goalkeeper, sealed the factors as he acrobatically met Olmo’s cross, giving Escandell no probability.
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Information Debrief: Barca showcase residence fortress
After a loss to Actual Sociedad final weekend, Actual Madrid had piled the strain on the reigning champions after leapfrogging them to the summit.
And Barcelona had been well-deserving of their win, having accrued 2.41 anticipated targets (xG) from their 15 photographs, whereas limiting Oviedo to simply 0.42 xG.
It was the tenth consecutive win at residence for Barca, with this the primary time they’ve recorded 10 or extra residence wins below the identical supervisor in LaLiga since December 2019 (W14 below Ernesto Valverde).
Oviedo, in the meantime, are winless of their final 14 league matches (D7 L7), with their final victory coming all the way in which again in September over Valencia.
