Yamal Smashes LALIGA Record As Barca Open 9-Point Lead
LALIGA leaders FC Barcelona moved nine points clear of rivals Real Madrid after thrashing city rivals Espanyol 4-1 on Saturday night.
LALIGA
Report: Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol
Date: 11 April 2026
Venue: Camp Nou
Hansi Flick opted to hand Ferran Torres a start ahead of Robert Lewandowski in the attack while Ronald Araujo and Gavi were also restored to the Barcelona starting line-up, with Jules Kounde and Dani Olmo dropping out.
Barcelona beat Espanyol 4-1 to go nine points clear, as lamine yamal youngest 100 laliga games record headlines the night, alongside barcelona 9 point lead laliga standings 2026 and ferran torres brace espanyol match analysis.
Yamal also wrote his name in the history books by becoming the youngest player to reach 100 games in LALIGA at 18 years and 272 days, breaking the record set by Real Madrid legend Raul Gonzalez (19 years and 283 days), as per Transfermrkt.
The Catalan giants got off to a perfect start when Torres opened the scoring after nine minutes by turning home Yamal's corner Read More : Official: Barca Dealt Big Blow Ahead Of Title Run-In for his 13th league goal of the campaign. The hosts continued to dominate and went on to bag a second goal in the 25th minute via the same combination as Yamal turned provider to play in Torres, who made no mistake from close range.
Espanyol, meanwhile, struggled to get the ball off their opponents in the first period, as they only had one big effort from Kike Garcia to show for their efforts in the opening 45 minutes.
Both sides made substitutions at the start of the second half as Barcelona withdrew Gerard Martin for Marc Casado while Espanyol introduced Roberto Fernandez Jaen for Tyrhys Dolan as they looked to get back in the contest.
The visitors managed to pull a goal back ten minutes into the second period when Pol Lozano fired home from close range, two minutes after Barcelona had a goal ruled out for offside by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Flick responded with a double change for the final 25 minutes as Gavi and Fermin Lopez made way for Marcus Rashford and Joao Cancelo, while Espanyol threw on Ruben Sanchez for Cyril Ngonge.
However, the home side ended any hopes of a Espanyol comeback when Yamal charged down a clearance from goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic before knocking the ball into an empty net.
Rashford rounded off the scoring for the league leaders in the 88th minute with a lovely taken volley for his sixth league goal of the campaign following some good work by Frenkie de Jong in the build-up.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
