Barcelona suffer shock defeat at Sevilla in La Liga | Football News

Barcelona’s sudden loss to Sevilla drops the Spanish champions two factors behind Actual Madrid on La Liga ladder.

Sevilla thrashed Barcelona 4-1 on Sunday, ending the champions’ unbeaten begin in La Liga and denying them a chance to return to the highest of the desk.

The Andalusian membership’s first league win over Barcelona since 2015 lifted them to sixth within the standings with 13 factors from eight matches. Barcelona remained second with 19 factors, two beneath leaders Actual Madrid.

“It’s one of many happiest days of my life. We deserved to win from begin to end,” mentioned Jose Angel Carmona, who scored Sevilla’s third aim.

Barcelona made a muted begin and had no photographs on course within the first half an hour, whereas Sevilla probed early on, trying to unleash Alexis Sanchez with lengthy balls.

Sevilla took the lead within the thirteenth minute, after Isaac Romero went down whereas jostling for the ball with Ronald Araujo close to Barcelona’s six-yard field, and the referee awarded a penalty to Sevilla after having a look on the VAR replay.

Sanchez despatched former Arsenal teammate Wojciech Szczesny the mistaken method to convert the spot kick.

Szczesny stopped Sevilla from doubling their lead within the twenty seventh minute, saving Romero’s shot from contained in the field.

Romero, nonetheless, doubled Sevilla’s lead 10 minutes later, as Ruben Vargas sprinted previous Barcelona’s excessive defensive position to chase down a via ball close to the field, and crossed to the Spanish ahead who dispatched a first-time end.

Marcus Rashford decreased the deficit for Barcelona late in added time earlier than the break, hammering Pedri’s lobbed move into the web from a good angle along with his left foot.

Lewandowski misses penalty

Barcelona pushed ahead within the second half and have been handed a chance to equalise when Adnan Januzaj introduced down Alejandro Balde within the field, however Robert Lewandowski fired huge from the penalty spot within the 76th minute.

The guests’ hopes of salvaging a degree ended within the ninetieth minute when Carmona shot via a defender’s legs to search out the web and put Sevilla 3-1 forward.

Second-half substitute Akor Adams made it 4-1 5 minutes into added time, scoring from Chidera Ejuke’s move.

“We lacked depth, we couldn’t get the ball out of our half, we didn’t know what to do with the ball … we have been by no means at our greatest,” Barcelona midfielder Pedri mentioned.

“We have to enhance a number of issues in order that we will begin profitable video games once more after the break.”

Sevilla, who’ve gained two video games in a row, will proceed their league marketing campaign after the worldwide break in opposition to Mallorca on October 18, the identical day Barcelona host Girona.