The 4-2 victory helped the Blaugrana to be 14 points behind the second-place team Real Madrid, thereby being crowned champion early La Liga when the new tournament in round 34. This is Barca’s first La Liga title since 2019, after 3 seasons dominated by Madrid.
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 11th minute, Alejandro Balde needed the same amount of time to double the lead. Near the end of the second half, the Polish striker completed a double for himself, thereby setting the match result and also creating a safe distance in the La Liga top scorer race with a total of 21 goals.
Barca stars celebrate after an important victory.
At the beginning of the second half, Jules Kounde scored to end the home team’s hopes. Espanyol made late efforts, respectively narrowing the gap in the 73rd and 90+2 minutes but could not prevent Barca from winning the title early.
Contrary to the jubilant atmosphere of the away team, the loss caused the host to sink deep into the relegation group. They are ranked 19th, 4 points behind safety position.
Thanh Vu | 04:48 05/15/2023
