{"id":1198184,"date":"2022-09-04T11:41:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T11:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/04\/barcelona-maintain-perfect-start-with-win-over-sevilla-as\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T11:41:19","slug":"barcelona-maintain-perfect-start-with-win-over-sevilla-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/04\/barcelona-maintain-perfect-start-with-win-over-sevilla-as\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona maintain perfect start with win over Sevilla as"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"385\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/robert-lewandowski-220903-scores-g-1050-696x385.jpg\"   alt=\"Robert Lewandowski\" title=\"Robert Lewandowski\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Lewandowski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona moved up to second in La Liga after maintaining their unbeaten start to the season with victory at Sevilla.<\/p>\n<p>Raphinha was in the right place to head home his first Barcelona goal following his \u00a360m summer move from Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors doubled their lead before half-time when Robert Lewandowski took the ball on his chest and volleyed in for his fifth goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester City defender Erik Garcia nodded in the third, as Julen Lopetegui\u2019s Sevilla remain winless.<\/p>\n<p>Sevilla\u2019s wretched run against Barca continued, now winning just one of their last 31 league games against their opponents, a run which stretches back to the 2007-08 season.<\/p>\n<p>The home supporters expressed their dissatisfaction at full-time with loud jeers as their side have just one point from their opening four league games.<\/p>\n<p>Former Leeds winger Raphinha set Barca on their way with an opportunistic header after Lewandowski\u2019s dinked effort was cleared off the line.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazil international almost scored a quickfire second but his curling strike drifted narrowly over.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow summer signing Jules Kounde, playing against his old club after a \u00a342m move, could have scored in the first half, but mistimed his header from six yards out.<\/p>\n<p>But the France international did provide the assist for the next two goals \u2013 a superb, raking pass finished off by Lewandowski while centre-back Garcia headed in from Kounde\u2019s nod back.<\/p>\n<p>Barca are two points behind champions Real Madrid, who kept up their 100% winning start with\u00a0a 2-1 victory over Real Betis.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi\u2019s men are back in action on Wednesday, when they begin their Champions League campaign against Viktoria Plzen.<\/p>\n<p>Sevilla, meanwhile, were made to pay for their missed chances as Ivan Rakitic\u2019s effort was cleared off the line by Ronald Araujo and Youssef En-Nesyri\u2019s low shot tipped was wide by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"PzajBQPrASw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clean City: Mayor of Accra urges hawkers to move from the streets - Adom TV News (2-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PzajBQPrASw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Lewandowski Barcelona moved up to second in La Liga after maintaining their unbeaten start to the season with victory at Sevilla. 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