Robert Lewandowski shook off his disappointing return to Bayern Munich by scoring twice in a 3-0 win over Barcelona over 10-man Elche within the Spanish league on Saturday.
They have been Lewandowski’s seventh and eighth targets in a five-round scoring streak and took his whole to 11 in eight matches since transferring from Bayern to Barcelona this summer time.
Barcelona climbed to the highest of the league standings one level above Real Madrid earlier than the defending champions performed a derby at Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Xavi Hernandez’s facet obtained a simple win on this week’s Champions League after struggling a 2-0 loss at Bayern. Lewandowski missed some clear probabilities towards the staff he had helped lead for eight seasons earlier than coming to the Camp Nou.
Elche’s backline was left with a gap within the fifteenth minute when defender Gonzalo Verdu pulled Lewandowski down when the striker was in place to latch on to a cross that left him alone within the discipline. The referee didn’t hesitate to ship Vardu straight out of the crimson as he was the final defender.
Lewandowski began the scoring within the thirty third when he tapped in a cross from 18-year-old left again Alejandro Bald, who had gained the beginning job from Jordi Alba.
Memphis Depay doubled the lead within the forty first when he obtained a cross from Balde, swung round his marker and fired at goalkeeper Edgar Badia.
Lewandowski doubled it three minutes after halftime when he eradicated a harmful cross by Ousmane Dembele that Elche’s protection couldn’t clear.
Elche, who have been left in final place and the one staff to win within the league, additionally misplaced coach Francisco Rodriguez simply earlier than halftime, when he was clearly issued a crimson card for inappropriate language.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
