Barcelona now had a chance to reach their top position against any mistake made by Real Madrid in coming games as the point gap is now reduced to two which is manageable in one game and teams have 15 to play.
Barcelona Is Silently Sneaking Near Atletico And Real With A 4-1 Victory Over Sevilla As Their League Rival Dropped Points In Madrid Derby
Barca had an opportunity to win the match to get an advantage of the point drops of their league rivals and Hansi Flick ensured the points in style by beating Sevilla in their home ground scoring 4 goals to announce themselves as a worthy competitor of La Liga.
See the result of the Madrid Derby
Lewandowski opened the scoring for the visitors by finishing the ball headed by Inigo Martinez in the 7th minute of the game. Sevilla took no time to make it equal as Ruben Vargas made a beautiful finish off a low cross given by Saul to beat Szenzny breaking catalan's joy within a second.
Barcelona was struggling in first half and showed their capability in second
The first half ended with the result, but Hansi's pep talk might have excited Barca players as just at the beginning of the second half Fermin Lopez made it 0-2 with a headed effort finishing the beautiful delivery of Pedri. Pedri now registered his 3rd assist in games and got the player of the award for this match.
Within 10 minutes Raphinha took the responsibility to increase the lead with an out-of-the-box effort leaving no chance to save it. The Brazilian has now scored 13 goals and is getting a big shout-out as a Ballon d’Or contender this year.
Catalans kept defense close despite being 10 man down to 30 minutes in the game
The game became intense after Fermin got a red for a nasty challenge but Sevilla failed to capitalize on their chance despite getting 30 minutes with 10 man-Barcelona. On the contrary, Catalans scored a goal, and this time Eric Garcia made his name on the scoresheet which might have increased the shame for Sevilla.
Barcelona will still be in the third position after the game with 1 point behind Atletico Madrid. Hansi Flick is happy with the win and stated, “We are in a good situation. We do not worry about others. We have to do our job and today we did it. We are focused on our own and not on other teams.”
