F.C.Barcelona 5-0 vs Levante! Great game Even from the stands of campnou! barcelona might be ona great run to win la liga. Fabregas Yet again hit the target:He hit the target agin for the 6th time, in 11 appearences for the club. it is quite impressive alos by the fact that for 212 appearances for arsenal he scored only 35 goals. He might well be on the path to break that record.He hit the trget again tin the 32 minute, followed by Issac Cucena hitting the target from the left after had work from Ineista and Messi. Messi got his target again at the 53rd minute and then Alexis sanchez finished a text book counter attack.
Scoring Summary
| Barcelona | Levante |
|---|---|
| Cesc Fábregas (4') | |
| Cesc Fábregas (33') | |
| Isaac Cuenca (37') | |
| Lionel Messi (55') | |
| Alexis Sánchez (61') |
Match Stats
| 18(9) | Shots (on Goal) | 6(3) |
| 12 | Fouls | 10 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 74% | Time of Possession | 27% |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
Teams
| Barcelona | Levante |
|---|---|
| 1 Victor Valdés | 1 Gustavo Munua |
| 5 Carles Puyol | 15 Asier Del Horno |
| 22 Eric Abidal | 18 Sergio Ballesteros |
| 14 Javier Mascherano | 12 Juanfran |
| 4 Cesc Fábregas | 17 Javi Venta |
| 16 Sergio Busquets | 10 Vicente Iborra de la Fuente |
| 8 Andrés Iniesta | 14 Xavi Torres |
| 6 Xavi | 4 Francisco Farinos |
| 10 Lionel Messi | 19 Pedro López |
| 9 Alexis Sánchez | 23 Valdo |
| 39 Isaac Cuenca | 2 Arouna Koné |
| Substitutes | |
| 15 Seydou Keita | Gustavo Cabral 22 |
| 13 José Manuel Pinto | Miguel Pallardó 6 |
| 7 David Villa | Nabil El Zhar 25 |
| 2 Dani Alves | K Navas 13 |
| 19 Maxwell | Rodas Ramirez Hector 5 |
| 17 Pedro | Rubén Suárez Estrada 21 |
| 11 Thiago | Wellington 11 |
| Substitutions | |
| Dani Alves for Carles Puyol (36) | Nabil El Zhar for Vicente Iborra de la Fuente (58) |
| Seydou Keita for Sergio Busquets (45) | Rubén Suárez Estrada for Javi Venta (65) |
| Pedro for Cesc Fábregas (72) | Gustavo Cabral for Asier Del Horno (75) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Cesc Fábregas (45) | Javi Venta (26) |
| Victor Valdés (90) | Sergio Ballesteros (32) |
| Asier Del Horno (42) | |
| | |
Barcelona responded to Real Madrid's win at Sporting Gijon earlier today by hitting Levante for five at the Nou Camp.
With Madrid having taken control of the title race over recent weeks, Barca kicked off this clash six points behind their bitter rivals having played the same number of games.
But, with El Clasico on the horizon next weekend, they put on a show that suggested they are ready to fight to retain their title.
Cesc Fabregas got them going with a first-half brace, while Isaac Cuenca, Lionel Messi and Alexis Sanchez also found the net.
Having watched on as Madrid notched up another routine win earlier in the day, Pep Guardiola's men knew a strong start was needed if they were to get on top of a Levante side still riding high after a surprise start to the season.
They got it too, taking the lead with just four minutes gone.
Andres Iniesta played a short ball into the feet of Fabregas and, after advancing a pace to the edge of the box, he drilled a precise right-footed shot beyond the reach of Gustavo Munua and into the bottom corner.
Iniesta and Messi both took aim in a bid to extend the lead, with the latter forcing Munua into a smart save, before Fabregas did make it two with 33 minutes gone.
This time he did the damage with his head, rising highest to glance a Xavi free-kick over Munua.
Two quickly became three, with rising star Cuenca doing the damage eight minutes before the half-time whistle.
Having impressed so much in the 4-0 win over Rayo Vallecano in midweek, the 20-year-old added further momentum to his growing reputation by curling in after Messi and Iniesta had fashioned an overlap for him.
Any fanciful hopes Levante had of starting a comeback were ended within 10 minutes of the restart.
Dani Alves ran at their defence and, after his slide-rule pass found Messi, the Argentinian did the rest with a neat finish from eight yards that brought him his 27th goal of the season.
Sanchez then made it five, although his 61st-minute strike did carry a touch of fortune.
Messi worked an opening for him on the left of the area and his chipped effort clipped the head of Sergio Ballesteros and dipped over the reach of Munua.
Messi planted a simple chance wide from two yards with 12 minutes remaining and Pedro also fluffed his lines when presented with the chance of a sixth, while Iniesta had a sweet volley wrongly ruled out for offside but it mattered little.
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