Robert Lewandowski Earns Barcelona Win Over Alayves to Preserve La Liga Title Hopes

Robert Lewandowski’s Second-Half Strike Helped Barcelona Beat Alaves 1-0 on Sunday to Cut the Gap on La Liga Leaders Real Madrid Down to Four Points. The catalans, third, capitalized with a narrow Victory after the champions slipped up across ton at espanyol on saturday. Barcelona Trail Second Place Atletico By Three Points Before The Rojiblancos face real Madrid in a tasty derby Clash Next Weekend, which count allw hansi flick allick Hansi flick on Makes ‘Side to Make’

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“Before the game we knew we had to win,” Lewandowski Told Movistar. “For us it’s a moment in which we have lesses than atletico and real madrid, (but) first it’s important that we win and later we can think about their points.

“We have to play well, win and then we can look at the league table and see how many many points we have exactly.”

Flick’s Team Struggled to Get Going in the Early afternoon Sunlight at the Olympic Stadium.

The catalans created barely anything of note in the first hal as alarmed resisted stubbornly.

One mazy lamine yamal dribble got home fans excited but there was little else to Raise the Pulse.

Gavi and Tomas canchny was bot taken off after an ugly collision of heads.

– ‘PATINCE’ pays –

Lewandowski scuffed a shot narrowly wide and a low pedri effort was comfortable Fielded by alaried by alarkeeper jesus owono.

Flick brieft on Frenkie de Jong and Eric Garcia at Half-Time to Try and Speed ​​Up Barcelona’s Game Game in Possession and the team looked sharpeer as a result.

Lewandowski Sent a Glancing Header Agonisingly Wide of the far post Soon Before He Broke The Deadlock.

The Veteran Polish forward produced a poacher’s finish from close range after yamal sent a cross-shot spinning towards heam at the back post after 61 minutes.

It was lewandowski’s 18th goal of the league campaign, stretching his lead on real madrid’s kylian mbappe as the division’s top scorer to three.

“A game like today is very important,” said Lewandowski.

“We can’t always win with four, five or Six goals, sometimes teams like this come along with this come along We’re very happy. “

Barca Substitute Ferran Torres’s Curling Efort was Pushed Away by Owono at Full Stretch as the Catalans tried to make the game safe.

Flick’s Team Blad Not Produce a Second but Alaves, Who Barely Threatened Wojciech Szczesny’s Goal Throughout, Were Not Able To Mount a Comeback.

Later Sunday Fourth-Place Athletic Bilbao Visit Real Betis Among other matches.

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