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Barca two games away from unbeaten season, Real lose to Sevilla
Barcelona moved to two games of an unbeaten La Liga season thrashing Villarreal 5-1 at the Camp Nou.Barcelona moved to two games of an unbeaten La Liga season thrashing Villarreal 5-1 at the Camp Nou.
Ousmane Dembele scored twice with Lionel Messi, Philippe Coutinho and Paulinho all getting into the score sheet.
Countinho opened the scoring after Dembele’s initial shot was parried away by Villarreal’s goal keeper Sergio Asenjo. Paulinho tapped in a second before Messi poked home from Andres Iniesta’s pass.
Nicola Sansone pulled one for Villarreal before Dembele scored two late on.
In other match, Real Madrid, without injured Ronaldo and rested goalkeeper Keylor Navas, lost 3-2 to Sevilla. Wissam Ben Yedder opened the scoring and Miguel Layun added a second.
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Sergio Ramos scored an own goal to give three-goal lead before Borja Mayoral pulled one back for the Champions League finalists. Sergio Ramos, having missed a penalty earlier, smashed Real’s second through a penalty.
Real also missed the chance to move into second place with the defeat.