Barcelona have not made life easy for themselves against Valencia at Montjuic, but it does look as if they are headed towards all three points.
Fermin Lopez opened the scoring on a night where all of Barcelona’s goals (at the time of writing) would come through the air, and his was the best of them, rising high to convert Joao Cancelo’s cross.
It all went wrong for Barcelona from there though, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s touch, and Ronald Araujo’s challenge in the box, allowing Hugo Duro and Pepelu to give Los Che the lead, the latter from the spot. They were given a way back in though, after Giorgi Mamardashvili’s errant touch set Lamine Yamal past him, but he stuck a hand out to stop the ball, earning a red card.
Five minutes after half-time, Robert Lewandowski flicked on from a corner, with Fermin adjudged not to have interfered in play from an offside position.
With less than ten minutes to go, it was Lewandowski who was on target again to give Xavi Hernandez’s side the lead.
🎙️ "LEWANDOWSKI!"
The Barcelona striker scores to make it 3-2 against 10-man Valencia 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/1xLSHHahNq
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) April 29, 2024
ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI AT THE DOUBLE TO PUT BARCA 3-2 AHEAD AGAINST VALENCIA!
It's that man again 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WqJPMhGAXG
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 29, 2024
Robert Lewandowski gets his brace and scores his 15th league goal of the season to give Barcelona the 3-2 lead at home against Valencia. ⚽️⚽️🇵🇱pic.twitter.com/I6NNCpKy89
— LaLigaExtra (@LaLigaExtra) April 29, 2024
Lewandowski took advantage of a late free-kick to complete his hat-trick, thundering home. Jaume Domenech got fingertips to Lewandowski’s effort, but could not keep out Barcelona’s second free-kick goal of the season.
QUE SENTIDO TIENE EL GOLAZO QUE ACABA DE MARCAR LEWANDOWSKI DE FALTA PARA EL HAT-TRICK?! EL MEJOR DELANTERO DEL MUNDO LO TENEMOS NOSOTROS!!!!9️⃣ pic.twitter.com/y0hXG7ABNA
— Guti (@gutiifcb) April 29, 2024
ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI HAT TRICK HERO!!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️
W️HAT A FREE KICK 🔥 pic.twitter.com/PnWz8UiifM
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 29, 2024
Securing his hattrick in style 😮💨
Robert Lewandowski with a great free-kick for his third goal of the night 🔥 pic.twitter.com/o3lqL3Uf1G
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) April 29, 2024