Barcelona 6-1 Alavés: Raphinha and Lamine Yamal score twice as Barcelona stay top of La Liga
Raphinha, Fermín López and Lamine Yamal put Barcelona 4-0 up by half-time at Camp Nou, a week after their Clásico defeat. Substitute Anthony Gordon added the sixth before Mariano Díaz scored for Alavés.
Barcelona beat Alavés 6-1 at Camp Nou on Saturday 31 October (kick-off 8pm GMT) in La Liga matchday 11, FC Barcelona and ESPN reported. It was their first game since a 2-1 home defeat by Real Madrid.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the eighth minute and Fermín López made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute. Raphinha scored again in the 41st minute, and Lamine Yamal made it 4-0 in first-half stoppage time. FC Barcelona said López set up both of Raphinha’s goals.
Yamal scored his second in the 64th minute. Substitute Anthony Gordon added the sixth in the 81st minute, and Mariano Díaz scored for Alavés in the 84th minute, according to ESPN.
Hansi Flick’s Barcelona stay top of La Liga with 30 points from 11 games, ESPN said. Real Madrid, second on 24 points, had not yet played their matchday 11 game.
See also: Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid · La Liga matchday 11: Atlético win at Levante
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