Barcelona Thrash Valencia 5-0 in La Liga with a Lamine Yamal Double

La Liga served up a fixture bringing together the hosts, the storied Valencia, going through a difficult spell at the start of the season and yet to taste victory, and the champions Barcelona, in dazzling form, unbeaten this season and winners of all their previous matches.

Barcelona start strongly and Yamal opens the scoring

The match kicked off at the Mestalla at a quarter past five, and Barcelona began with great intensity, managing to open the scoring in the sixth minute through the young star Lamine Yamal, who finished off a wonderful touch with great skill into the Valencia net.

A disallowed goal, then Fermín López doubles the lead

A few minutes later, Yamal found the net again with a second goal, but the referee ruled it out after a VAR review for a marginal offside. Barcelona kept up their pressure and control until Fermín López scored the second goal in the 22nd minute, and the first half ended with Barcelona 2-0 ahead, amid almost total dominance from the Catalan side, with only a few attempts from Valencia.

Raphinha and Pedri stretch the lead in the second half

In the second half, Barcelona's brilliance continued, with Raphinha adding the third goal in the 50th minute, before the team kept up their control and Pedri extended the tally with a fourth in the 79th minute.

Yamal caps the show with a complete five

Before the end of the match, Lamine Yamal returned to complete his fine display, scoring his second personal goal and Barcelona's fifth in the 84th minute, after the goal was confirmed by VAR, bringing the game to an end in a crushing 5-0 win for Barcelona.

Barcelona keep top spot as Valencia sit bottom

With this victory, Barcelona continued their perfect start with four wins from four matches, holding on to the top of La Liga and also benefiting from Real Madrid's slip-up in this round, while Valencia remained in last place on a single point.