SEVILLA STUN BARCELONA 4-1 AS ALEXIS SANCHEZ STRIKES AGAINST FORMER CLUB
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Spanish champions Barcelona suffered a humiliating 4-1 defeat to Sevilla in a stunning La Liga encounter on Sunday, with Alexis Sanchez scoring against his former team and Robert Lewandowski missing a crucial penalty.
The loss Barcelona’s first of the season leaves them second on the table, two points behind arch-rivals Real Madrid, who beat Villarreal on Saturday. Sevilla, meanwhile, climb provisionally to fourth place after a spirited display at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.
Veteran Chilean winger Sanchez opened the scoring from the penalty spot early in the match after Ronald Araujo fouled Isaac Romero in the box. Romero then made amends for two earlier misses by slotting home Sevilla’s second from Ruben Vargas’s cutback, doubling the hosts’ advantage.
Barcelona showed brief signs of recovery when Marcus Rashford volleyed home Pedri Gonzalez’s cross just before halftime to reduce the deficit. However, the visitors failed to build on that momentum.
In the second half, Lewandowski squandered a golden chance to equalise, firing wide from the spot after Adnan Januzaj brought down Alejandro Bald in the box. The miss proved costly as Jose Carmona and Akor Adams sealed Sevilla’s emphatic victory with late goals.
The defeat compounds Barcelona’s woes following their midweek Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Germain, leaving coach Hansi Flick with mounting questions over his team’s form and defensive fragility.
Despite boasting a less star-studded squad than in their prime years, Sevilla’s intensity and organisation proved too much for a sluggish and disjointed Barcelona side one that looked far from the champions who lifted the La Liga trophy just months ago.
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