Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski, right, celebrates with Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez after scoring during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Girona in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
MADRID — Barcelona reestablished its three-point lead over Real Madrid at the highest of the Spanish league after beating Catalan rival Girona 4-1 on Sunday.
Robert Lewandowski added to his league-leading tally with two second-half goals.
Lewandowski has scored nine goals in his last nine league games and has 25 goals in total within the competition, three greater than Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé.
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“For me crucial thing is what I can do to assist the team,” Lewandowski said. “I do know that if I rating two goals, I’ll be helping my team. As a striker it’s necessary to trust for when the ball involves me.”
Barcelona went in front with an own-goal by Girona defender Ladislav Krejci in the primary half. Ferran Torres added the fourth goal for Barcelona in the ultimate minutes at Montjuic stadium.
On Saturday, Madrid had moved level on points with Barcelona with a 3-2 victory over Leganes at home and third-placed Atletico Madrid dropped nine points off the lead following a 1-1 draw at Espanyol.
It was Barcelona’s sixth win in a row in all competitions, and eleventh in its last 12 matches. Hansi Flick’s team is yet to lose in 20 games this yr, with its last loss coming against Atletico in December.
“We’re in great form in the meanwhile and we’re creating a number of possibilities when we’ve the ball. What I take from today is our ability to react after the break,” Flick said. “The beauty of my team is that we all the time wish to rating goals and everybody likes to see that.”
Barcelona has scored 4 or more goals in 20 of its 45 matches in all competitions this season.
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“Once you rating 4 times it means you played an excellent match,” Lewandowski said. “We’ve been scoring quite a bit, and it’s necessary that when we are able to’t rating early we’ve been patient and never changing our game plan.”
Flick praised the “special” Poland striker.
“Lewandowski is basically necessary,” Flick said. “I don’t like to select individuals but he’s special contained in the box.”
Arnaut Danjuma scored early within the second half for Girona, which is winless in seven consecutive matches and stayed in thirteenth place.
Barcelona forward Raphinha stayed on the bench to get some rest following his matches with Brazil in South American World Cup qualifying.
Barcelona visits Atletico within the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals on Wednesday. The primary match ended 4-4.
Seville derby
Real Betis got here from behind to beat rival Sevilla 2-1 at home and win its first league derby since 2018.
Ruben Vargas put the visitors ahead within the seventeenth minute before Johnny Cardoso scored for Betis within the twenty fifth and Cucho Hernández struck in first-half stoppage time.
Betis strengthened its hold on sixth place and a European qualification spot. Sevilla — which has lost two in a row — stayed eleventh.
Manuel Pellegrini’s Betis has won 4 in a row in all competitions — and eight of its last 10 matches.
Other results
Fifth-placed Villarreal won 2-1 at Getafe to realize ground on fourth-placed Athletic Bilbao, which couldn’t manage greater than a 0-0 home draw with Osasuna. Villarreal trails Athletic by six points with a game in hand.
Valencia moved to fifteenth by beating eighth-placed Mallorca 1-0 with Diego López scoring the winner within the fiftieth. It was Mallorca’s first loss after six matches.
