Barcelona go 9 points clear but insist LaLiga title not won yet
BARCELONA — Hansi Flick says the LaLiga title is not won yet regardless of seeing his Barcelona crew thump Spanish 4-1 on Saturday to maneuver 9 points clear of real Madrid with simply seven video games to play.
(*9*) scored a brace and Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford had been additionally on course at Spotify Camp Nou as Barça made it eight wins in a row within the league.
Barça’s newest victory got here after one other Madrid slip up, with Los Blancos following up final week’s loss to Majorca with a draw towards Girona on Friday.
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“It’s not done yet,” Flick insisted on the post-game information convention. “Nine points is good. It is a good feeling. But we have to do our homework.
“We cannot have the angle that it is carried out. That is the incorrect method and I’d not settle for this. Until it is carried out, we’ve to play our greatest.”
Torres scored twice in the first half to edge Barça into a two-goal lead at the break in Saturday’s Catalan derby.
They were the striker’s first goals since Jan. 31, ending a run of 13 games without finding the net, and he celebrated by cupping his ears in response to the criticism he has faced during that barren spell.
“Of course forwards are judged by targets,” Torres told reporters. “It had been some time since I had scored, but I all the time believed in what I used to be doing and that it will yield outcomes ultimately.
“There is always a lot of noise around me on the outside — more negative than positive. What I do bothers them. Sometimes things don’t come off, but it’s not down to a lack of work.”
Pol Lozano struck within the 56th minute to get Espanyol again into the sport, but Yamal’s fifteenth LaLiga objective of the season and a late effort from Rashford sealed the points for Barça.
After the sport, supporters stayed contained in the stadium chanting “Yes we can,” as consideration turned to Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal second leg at Atlético Madrid.
Atlético won the primary leg 2-0 at Camp Nou final Wednesday, but Flick and his gamers imagine they’ll produce a comeback in Madrid.
“The team is in a good mood, you can see that,” Flick added. “The atmosphere is good. The players are in a good moment.
“We want the proper recreation and we’re in a position to do that. I do know Atlético is a implausible crew, but we even have an ideal crew.
“I think everyone is ready for that. Everyone wants to show we can do this. We want to go there and put up a great fight — often games are decided by momentum and hopefully on [Tuesday] “it is ours.”
