Barcelona 3-0 Villarreal: Barça bounce back from El Clásico in comfortable fashion.
Barcelona have bounced back from their Clásico loss with a big victory against Villlerreal in impressive style Camp Nou on Thursday evening.
The hosts raced into a 3-0 lead inside 8 minutes, beginning with a goal from Robert Lewandowski in the 31st minute, then the polish striker doubled his tally with a second goal in the 35th minute, as Ansu Fati scored the third in the 38th minute.
Only against Mallorca (7) have Barcelona scored 3or more goals in the first half more times than against Villarreal in LaLiga Santander in the 21st century (6, as many as Atlético de Madrid).
Barcelona have won their last four LaLiga Santander home games without conceding for the first time since June 2020 under Quique Setién.
It was a comfortable win for the home side, a result that kept them in the second place with 25 points, three points behind the current leaders, Real Madrid.
The visitors suffered from their third defeat this season, but today’s defeat was their heaviest, as the Yellow Submarine team shipped 3 goals, which is the same number of goals they conceded in the league before tonight’s game (in 9 games).