Robert Lewandowski scored his seventh goal of the season as Barcelona went four points clear at the top of La Liga thanks to a 1-0 win over Getafe.
The Azulones had drawn three of their last five matches against Barcea and started the game brightly, with Inaki Pena – who replaced the injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen – the busier of the two goalkeepers. However, somewhat against the run of play, Lewandowski continued his red-hot streak after he pounced on David Soria’s blunder in the 19th minute to fire the hosts ahead.
Hansi Flick’s side looked fairly comfortable afterwards and nearly made it 2-0 when Lamine Yamal’s curling effort was expertly pushed away by Soria just before the hour mark. The winger also hit the crossbar and captain Raphinha spurned a good chance late on, but in the end, Barca were lucky to secure the victory as substitute Borja Mayoral failed to put away a golden chance at the death.
The Blaugrana now have 21 points from a possible 21 as their electric start to the season continued on Wednesday.
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