Raphinha and Lamine Yamal both scored twice to help Barcelona beat Rayo Vallecano 5-2 at the Camp Nou on Monday and continue its perfect start to the La Liga campaign.<\/p>\n
Vallecano went ahead in the 12th minute through Sergio Camello before \u200cRaphinha equalised in the 19th \u200cfor \u2060the defending champion. Two minutes \u2060later, Lamine curled a left-footed effort into the top corner of the net to \u200bgive the \u200chost the lead.<\/p>\n
It was more bad news for Vallecano after the break as defender Florian Lejeune scored \u200can own goal off a \u200bcross from Anthony Gordon in the 51st minute, yet the \u2060visitors managed to pull one back when Camello headed home a corner \u200ceight minutes later.<\/p>\n
But Barcelona did not let up as Raphinha scored his fifth goal of the season in the 71st minute, with Gordon providing a back-heeled assist, \u200cbefore Lamine sealed the win with a \u200blow strike in the 90th minute.<\/p>\n
Barcelona moved to the top of the \u2060table with nine points, sitting ahead of \u2060Real Madrid, which also has nine, on goal \u200cdifference. Vallecano is 18th with no wins and one point after \u200bthree matches.<\/p>\n
– Inputs from Reuters<\/p>\n
FC Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano Player Ratings:<\/p>\n
Barcelona: Garc\u00eda (6.5), Kound\u00e9 (7.1), Cubars\u00ed (7.7), Christensen (7.0), Espart (8.0), Bernal (8.6), Pedri (7.2), Lamine Yamal (9.3), Olmo (7.1), Gordon (7.7), Raphinha (9.1)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: L\u00f3pez (6.2), Rodri (6.6), Cancelo (6.0), Adeyemi (6.7), Abdelkarim (N\/A)<\/p>\n
Rayo Vallecano: C\u00e1rdenas (5.4), Balliu (4.5), Lejeune (4.4), Ciss (5.2), Vertrouwd (5.5), Valent\u00edn (6.4), Bouare (6.0), de Frutos (6.2), L\u00f3pez (7.4), Garcia (7.3), Camello (7.9)<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Pedrosa (6.6), D\u00edaz (6.5), P\u00e9rez (6.4), Alem\u00e3o (6.0), Nteka (6.0)<\/p>\n
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