Barcelona beat visitors Girona 4-1 in the Catalan derby on Sunday after Robert Lewandowski netted twice in the second half to leave Hansi Flick’s side three points clear at the top of La Liga.
Barça took the lead two minutes before the break when Lamine Yamal’s free-kick was deflected in off the Girona defender Ladislav Krejci for an own goal but Girona struck back after the restart when Arnaut Danjuma equalised.
But Barcelona did not panic and Lewandowski restored their lead with an acrobatic finish just after the hour before the Polish striker made it 3-1 from a counterattack as La Liga’s top scorer netted his 25th goal of the season. Ferran Torres made it 4-1 late on as Barça took revenge for a 4-2 loss in the same fixture last season to move on to 66 points, three clear of second-placed Real Madrid after 29 games. Girona remain in 13th place.
Leaders Inter secured a 2-1 home win against Udinese in Serie A with goals from Marko Arnautovic and Davide Frattesi in the first half and their goalkeeper, Yann Sommer, made some important late saves. Arnautovic gave Inter the lead with a first-time effort after 12 minutes and Frattesi doubled their advantage before the half-hour mark, both converting from excellent assists by Federico Dimarco. Inter’s advantage narrowed when the Udinese defender Oumar Solet scored in the 71st minute from long range and Sommer pulled off crucial saves late on for Inter to seal the win.
Fiorentina’s Moise Kean scored an excellent first-half solo goal in a 1-0 home win against title-chasing Atalanta in Serie A, dealing another blow to the visitors’ Scudetto hopes. The Italy striker put Fiorentina up just before the break after a brilliant run and low shot past Marco Carnesecchi that squeezed inside a bottom corner. Atalanta, beaten 2-0 at home by Inter before the international break, remain third on 58 points.
Borussia Dortmund eased to a 3-1 win over Mainz with two goals from Maximilian Beier to earn their first win in three league matches as they battle to get back into Champions League contention with seven matches left to play in the Bundesliga. Beier tapped in from a Karim Adeyemi cutback in the 39th minute before Emre Can headed in at the far post from a corner three minutes later. The hosts added a third with a 72nd-minute header by Beier to make sure of the win that lifts them to 10th place on 38 points. Mainz, who drop to fourth place on 45, cut the deficit with a goal from Paul Nebel. The top four teams win automatic Champions League qualification.
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