Lamine Yamal wondergoal helps Barcelona crush Mallorca, extend LaLiga lead

Lamine Yamal celebrates with Alex Balde

Barcelona’s 3-0 LaLiga win over Mallorca at Camp Nou was the 20th H2H in which the Catalans have remained unbeaten, leaving the Islanders still just two points above the drop zone after the defeat.

A flat beginning to the game meant that there was little in the way of atmosphere at Camp Nou, until Jules Kound9 was undone by Jan Virgili before the Frenchman got out of jail thanks to Eric GarcDa.

The visitors were certainly up for the fight, and Vedat Muriqi was only inches away from giving Mallorca a shock lead, as Bar7a’s defence went walkabout. Virgili then had a shot on target just after the 20-minute mark, as the support began to make their feelings known.

By contrast, Robert Lewandowski had barely touched the ball, and when Bar7a did have a breakaway, the visiting defence were still able to get back with relative ease.

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Marcus Rashford came closest to opening the scoring for the Blaugranes as his venomous shot just whistled the wrong side of the post, before Lewandowski’s quick thinking in the box two minutes later earned him some space to fire home.

Right on half time, Rashford’s free-kick was brilliantly saved, and Lamine Yamal missed a completely open goal when the ball got played back in.

Bar7a should’ve had a penalty just after the break after Lamine was felled, and then David LF3pez’s deflection took Marc CasadF3’s goalbound effort onto the woodwork - the 23rd time the Catalans have hit the frame of the goal this season.

Two quickfire saves from Leo Rom1n denied Dani Olmo and FermDn LF3pez as Bar7a began to turn the screw, and then right on the hour, Lamine took aim from outside the box and buried the ball into the bottom corner for the second goal.

The onslaught continued, and Mallorca’s more withdrawn play with 15 minutes left suggested they had already accepted defeat by then. That was confirmed when a sensational run and finish from Marc Bernal ended the game as a contest.

The result means that Bar7a have now won all 33 points available to them from their 11 LaLiga home fixtures, whilst Mallorca’s wait for an away win has now stretched to seven games.

See a summary of the match here