Barcelona hammer Espanyol 4-1, stretch lead over Madrid to 9 points

Wahala dey for La Liga as Barcelona show dem say dem no dey play. For match day 31, di Catalan giants comot Espanyol 4-1 for Camp Nou, and dis one don make di gap between dem and Real Madrid reach 9 points. Di title race don dey look like Barcelona own to lose.

Di match start well well for Barcelona. Na Ferran Torres open di scoring for minute 9. Di man wey dem dey call ‘El Tiburón’ don suffer for goal drought since January, but e comot am for dis derby. E still add anoda one for minute 25, make am double for im pocket. Di two goals don end im bad run wey last for 15 matches and 60 days.

Espanyol try small. Paul Lozano manage to score one for dem for minute 56, cut di lead to 2-1. But di hope no last long. Barcelona just dey control di game under Hansi Flick.

Di real star for di night na Lamine Yamal. Di young boy make history as di youngest player ever to reach 100 La Liga appearances. At just 18 years and 272 days, e break di record wey Raúl González hold before. Yamal still score one goal for minute 87 to put di game to bed.

Marcus Rashford join di party for minute 89, score di fourth goal to complete di 4-1 win. Di Camp Nou just dey vibrate as di fans dey celebrate.

For anoda match, Real Madrid draw 1-1 with Girona for Santiago Bernabéu. Federico Valverde score for Madrid for minute 50, but Thomas Lemar equalize for Girona just 10 minutes later. Dis draw mean Madrid no fit catch up with Barcelona again.

For di bottom of di table, Sevilla win important match 2-1 against Atlético Madrid. Akor Adams and Nemanja Gudelj score for Sevilla, while Javier Bonar get di only goal for Atlético. Di win don give Sevilla small breathing space as dem dey fight to avoid relegation.

With only 7 matches remain for di season, Barcelona hand don dey for di trophy. Di 9-point lead na big mountain for Real Madrid to climb. Ferran Torres talk after di match say e enjoy di game well well, and e mention say di team dey ready for dia Champions League match against Bayern Munich.

As for Espanyol, dem still dey for middle of di table with 38 points. But for Barcelona, di road to di title don clear well well. Di machine of Hansi Flick no dey show any sign of stopping.