Barcelona Inches Closer to Madrid Rivals
in Spanish League Following win at Sevilla
Sevilla, 10 Feb (ONA) — Barcelona
moved closer to rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at the top of the
Spanish league by routing Sevilla 4-1.
Robert Lewandowski, Fermín López,
Raphinha and Eric García scored a goal each as the Catalan club took advantage
of the 1-1 draw between Madrid and Atletico in the capital derby on Saturday,
the Spanish MARCA newspaper reported.
Third-placed Barcelona is now two
points behind leader Madrid and one point behind Atletico.
Barcelona got the away win despite
playing with 10 men from the 62nd when López was sent off for a hard foul. The
red card was shown after a video review.
— Ends/Khalid
