Barcelona beat Levante 4-2 as Yamal scores twice and Adeyemi seals win
Barcelona stayed perfect at the La Liga summit after beating Levante 4-2, with Karim Adeyemi ending a late scare through a stoppage-time solo strike.
Key takeaways
- Lamine Yamal scored twice to reach six league goals and share the division’s scoring lead.
- Barcelona have taken 15 points from their opening five matches, while Levante remain 13th on five points.
- Raphinha supplied two assists and has now contributed to 11 goals this season.
- Yamal is the second Barcelona player this century to record three braces in the first five league games of a campaign.
- The Catalans have scored 20 league goals in five fixtures, their fastest such return since 2011/12.
Yamal reaches Messi mark as Barcelona strike early again
Yamal’s double moved him alongside Raphinha, Kylian Mbappe and Sergio Camello at the top of the La Liga scoring charts. His two-goal display also put him level with a landmark last achieved by Lionel Messi in 2012/13: three two-goal league games within Barcelona’s first five matches of a season.
Xavi Espart put the visitors ahead in the fifth minute before Yamal doubled the advantage in the 19th. The teenager then converted a penalty three minutes after half-time to make it 3-0.
Barcelona have now scored inside the first six minutes in three successive games. Their total of 25 goals in all competitions has been driven heavily by Yamal and Raphinha, who have combined for 20 goal involvements. Yamal has nine overall, while the Brazilian’s two assists against Levante took him to 11.
Levante fightback falls short
Levante were handed a route back into the contest by Barcelona mistakes at the back. Ivan Romero scored in the 79th minute, then Brugue struck nine minutes later to cut the gap to one.
The home side pressed for an equaliser, but Adeyemi settled the result in the 93rd minute with an individual goal to restore Barcelona’s two-goal margin.
Hansi Flick’s team next host Racing on Wednesday before travelling into a demanding Saturday meeting with Sevilla, with their flawless domestic record still intact.
