Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski both scored a late goals as Barcelona beat stubborn Espanyol 2-0 in the LaLiga match played on Saturday night, Softfootball reports.
Barcelona beat Villareal 2-0 in their last LaLiga match and came into the Match-Day 19 fixture in full confidence. Manchester United loanee, Marcus Rashford started in attack alongside Lamine Yamal while Pedri was on the bench but Gavi remains out due to injury while Eric Garcia made his 100th appearance for the Catalan giants in La Liga.
Yamal gave the Espanyol defense all kinds of problems during the match. In the first minutes in the first half he collected the ball on the right, twisted and turned some defenders before curling a shot straight into the arms of home keeper Marko Dmitrovic.