Barcelona locked horns with Girona in one other Catalan derby on Sunday afternoon and the sport turned out far nearer than initially anticipated.
The Blaugrana dominated the primary half fiercely and created a plethora of probabilities, all of which went down the drain courtesy of poor ending and spectacular saves from Gazzaniga.
Ultimately, nonetheless, they did take the lead simply earlier than half-time and regarded set to place the sport to mattress.
An equaliser towards the run of play from Danjuma noticed Girona draw degree as soon as extra, however Robert Lewandowski transformed a half-chance handy Barcelona the lead as soon as extra within the afternoon.
He then scored a second and sealed the end result earlier than Torres put the cherry on the cake with an awesome end.
Barça Common brings you the participant scores from Barcelona 4-1 Girona.
Wojciech Szczesny: 6.5
The goalkeeper had little to no function to play on the night time as Barcelona as soon as once more saved the lion’s share of the possession and barely gave Girona any sight of aim.
Not a lot he may do to disclaim Girona their equaliser.
Gerard Martin: 6.5
The teenager did a good job defensively however was evident as considered one of Barcelona’s weaker hyperlinks within the buildup part of the sport.
Typically discovered himself the goal of Girona’s relentless press and misplayed the ball to lose possession. Nonetheless, Martin didn’t do an entire lot improper.
Inigo Martinez: 8
The veteran defender began his second consecutive recreation since getting back from damage and was impeccable not solely along with his judgement however the timing of his tackles.
Additional, Martinez excelled along with his distribution and performed the function of being the staff’s orchestrator from the again particularly with Pau Cubarsi not being concerned.
Ronald Araujo: 7.5
Coming into the dynamics for the primary time after the worldwide break, the Uruguayan star dominated the defensive division bodily and outmuscled Girona’s forwards most of the time.
Confirmed conspicuous indicators of enhancing his distribution and consciousness of the offside entice as nicely.
Jules Kounde: 7.5
An all-round efficiency from Kounde. (Photograph by Judit Cartiel/Getty Photos)
The Frenchman who by no means rests continued to begin for Barcelona on Sunday afternoon and was stable on the precise flank each offensively and defensively.
He was additionally concerned in a couple of magical mixture play sequences with Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez and even had a aim disallowed within the first half.
Pedri: 8.5
Barcelona’s relentless engine was once more on the coronary heart of the staff’s buildup and ensured that the staff’s spell of possession flowed with out turbulence.
Put in an awesome defensive shift when the staff was off the ball and continued to impress as Barcelona’s creator-in-chief.
Eric Garcia: 8
Garcia was introduced into the beginning lineup as Flick’s alternative to switch Frenkie de Jong within the double pivot.
Whereas he did do a superb job when it comes to holding the fortress, he didn’t drop between the 2 centre-backs within the buildup because the Dutchman often does and drifted into larger areas to help within the buildup.
Fermin Lopez: 8.5
Fermin performed an awesome recreation changing Olmo within the lineup (Photograph by Judit Cartiel/Getty Photos)
The La Masia star changed Dani Olmo within the beginning lineup because the attacking midfielder and was maybe the staff’s single-most harmful participant within the ultimate third.
Lopez’s fixed actions behind the defence helped him unlock areas that have been in any other case onerous to select and he ensured to combat for each half-chance within the ultimate third with out hesitating to shoot on aim. Racked up the help for Lewandowski’s aim.
Gavi: 7.5
Beginning as a floating midfielder, Gavi’s place on the sphere final night time was really as a pseudo-left-winger to switch Raphinha who was nonetheless not deemed prepared to begin.
But, the participant performed most of his night time in the course of the park and put in an enormous shift when it comes to successful the ball, taking over duels and making certain the ball stays in fixed circulation.
Gavi additionally created Barcelona’s second aim with a stunning cross over the defence within the pre-assist.
Lamine Yamal: 8
Yamal was unfortunate to not have a aim to his identify. (Photograph by Judit Cartiel/Getty Photos)
The Golden Boy was electrical from the get-go and didn’t hesitate in taking over Miguel Gutierrez on the flank. Largely got here out on prime within the duels and even created some sensational inroads into Girona’s space.
Ultimately, the participant created Barcelona’s opening aim with a free-kick that took a deflection off a defender and located its approach again into the web.
Robert Lewandowski: 9
Two extra targets within the Polish striker’s kitty. (Photograph by Judit Cartiel/Getty Photos)
The Polish striker regarded lively and took part within the buildup not solely on the ball but additionally along with his actions.
But, he had at the very least two probabilities within the first half that he ought to have put away in his sleep with considered one of them being a direct 1v1 towards the goalkeeper with enough house and time.
Scored simply previous the hour mark to provide Barcelona the lead once more with an unconventional end. Accomplished his courageous with an eloquent end quarter-hour later.
Frenkie de Jong: 8
Got here on within the second half and took cost of main the midfield alongside Pedri. Led the counterattack and confirmed nice presence of thoughts to assist Lewy rating his third.
Ferran Torres: 8
Got here on as an impression substitute and made no errors, changing one probability to bury a aim as soon as extra.