Celta Vigo

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      Lewandowski praises Rashford's assist in Barcelona's win

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          Celta Vigo

          SOCCER

            Barcelona make good on Madrid slip, close LaLiga gap

            Robert Lewandowski announced his return to fitness with a hat trick as Barcelona closed the gap to LaLiga leaders Real Madrid with an untidy 4-2 win away to Celta Vigo. The Catalan club took advantage of Madrid's goalless draw at Rayo Vallecano earlier in the day to move back into second place just three points behind. Lewandowski, who only last week returned in a brief substitute appearance after a muscle injury sidelined him for a month, scored his first goals for the club since the end of September. On-loan Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford claimed assists for two of Lewandowski's goals and also had a hand in Lamine Yamal's goal in first-half added time. Celta, who have drawn seven of their previous 11 matches, did not make life easy for them despite conceding a 10th-minute penalty. Fermin Lopez's shot was blocked by the hand of Marcos Alonso and even though goalkeeper Ionut Radu guessed the right way, diving to his left, Lewandowski's spot kick had too much power. Rashford should have doubled their lead less than a minute later but his shot was saved and 19 seconds later Sergio Carreira equalised, having sprung Barcelona's impossibly high line on halfway to race on to Borja Iglesias' through-ball. Barça retook the lead eight minutes before the break when Lewandowski turned in Rashford's cross from the right into the six-yard box. Again the hosts hit back, this time in some style, with Iglesias' shot from the edge of the penalty area beating Wojciech Szczesny for pace. However, they could not hold on to parity until half-time with Yamal firing home at the far post after Rashford's cross was deflected into his path. Rashford and Dani Olmo both had shots blocked as Barcelona continued to pile on the pressure before Lewandowski completed his hat trick, his first for Barça in over a year, in the 73rd minute to take his club tally to nine for the season. The Poland international met Rashford's inswinging corner at the near post and glanced a header across goal and inside the far post. It was the Englishman's sixth assist of the season, a better return than Yamal or Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior. The only downside to the performance was Frenkie de Jong's dismissal deep into added time for a second bookable offence.
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            Barcelona players celebrate after scoring a goal against Celta Vigo in LaLiga.
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                  2025-26 LALIGA Table

                  TeamGPWDLGDP
                  Real Madrid121011+1631
                  Barcelona12912+1728
                  Villarreal12822+1426
                  Atlético Madrid12741+1325
                  Real Betis12552+620
                  Espanyol12534018
                  Athletic Club12525-117
                  Getafe12525-217
                  Sevilla12516-116
                  Alavés12435015
                  Elche12363-115
                  Rayo Vallecano12435-215
                  Celta Vigo12273-313
                  Real Sociedad12345-313
                  Mallorca12336-612
                  Osasuna12327-411
                  Valencia12246-1010
                  Girona12246-1310
                  Levante12237-79
                  Real Oviedo12228-138

                  2025-26 Team Leaders

                  Spanish LALIGA

                  7

                  Borja IglesiasF #7

                  5
                  Matches12
                  Assists2
                  9

                  Ferran JutglàF #9

                  2
                  Matches10
                  Assists1
                  18

                  Pablo DuránF #18

                  2
                  Matches10
                  Assists0

                  Rankings

                  Spanish LALIGA

                  Goal Difference
                  -3
                  Tied-13th
                  Goals Scored
                  15
                  Tied-8th
                  Assists
                  11
                  Tied-7th
                  Goals Conceded
                  18
                  Tied-14th
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