After losing to Real Madrid, Barça “explodes” against Alavés

After two consecutive defeats, Barcelona returned to winning ways with a resounding 6-1 victory over Deportivo Alavés.

Barça were beaten by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and by Real Madrid in “El Clásico” last week.

Raphinha opened the scoring in the eighth minute. Fermín López made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute.

Raphinha scored his second goal in the 41st minute. In the first minute of stoppage time in the first half, Lamine Yamal made it 4-0.

Yamal also scored to make it 5-0 in the 64th minute. The scorer of the sixth goal was Anthony Gordon in the 81st minute.

Mariano Díaz scored Alavés’ only goal.

Barça remain top of the table with 30 points. Alavés have 12 points in mid-table.