Earlier Lucas Ocampos and Youssef En-Nesyri struck to earn new Seville trainer Jose Luis Mendilibar a the most important 2-0 victory over relegation opponents Cádiz in his first sport in fee.
Barca’s Polish ahead Lewandowski has persevered a small dip in shape just lately however was once again to his deadly absolute best to proceed the Catalans’ procession in opposition to their first identify since 2019.
Ansu Fati additionally scored for the primary time since October within the league and Ferran Torres rounded out the cozy win, as Xavi was once ready to start out some reserve gamers forward of Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final conflict with Real Madrid.
Elche, taking part in beneath new trainer Sebastian Beccacece for the primary time, are backside of the desk and feature by no means gave the impression prone to bother the runaway league leaders. Champions Madrid, 2d, host Real Valladolid on Sunday.
“We’ll see what Madrid do tomorrow, (but) if we win our games, we will be champions,” Eric Garcia advised Movistar.
“The coach told us all at the beginning of the season, everyone is important.
“We have a very powerful sport on Wednesday and he was once ready to leisure some gamers.”
Barca coach Xavi took the chance to experiment by deploying Garcia in Sergio Busquets’ usual pivot role, and made several other changes to his usual side.
Torres and Fati started on the flanks, the latter having made headlines this week after his father complained about the Barca number 10’s lack of minutes.
“(Goals) all the time give self assurance to the forwards, nowadays it went completely,” Xavi told Movistar.
“Two objectives for Robert, one for Ferran, one for Ansu, and Ansu’s paintings — he ended up exhausted, that is the fact.
“Aside from the goal, that is very positive for him and his confidence, how he worked for the team, it’s really important for me, and the goal is a consequence of his work and his talent.
“I’m particularly satisfied for Ferran, Ansu, the gamers that possibly deserved the objectives, nowadays they scored.”
Lewandowski broke the deadlock after 20 minutes with his first goal in four league matches, scuffing a finish into the ground, with the ball looping over a defender and into the net.
The Polish global and the highest goalscorer within the league grabbed his sixteenth and seventeenth moves of the marketing campaign — he has 27 throughout all competitions.
Barcelona must have larger their lead within the first part however Lewandowski nodded over and Jules Kounde had an effort cleared off the road.
Gavi pulled the strings and Garcia was once forged in midfield as Barca secured a twentieth blank sheet of the season within the best flight.
Fati stretched Barcelona’s benefit 10 mins into the second one part, using ahead from the midway line and drilling into the ground nook.
Lewandowski pounced once more after Gavi received the ball again for 3rd after which arrange Torres, who drifted within and slotted house the fourth.
Xavi passed midfielder Aleix Garrido, 19, his debut within the last levels.
Elche are 14 issues from protection with 11 suits ultimate.
The Andalusian derby between Cadiz and Sevilla was once an early check for Mendilibar, who changed Jorge Sampaoli within the global smash.
His group rose to the problem with a back-to-basics show to transport into midtable, successful at the highway in La Liga for the primary time since October.
Sevilla struggled to create probabilities in a decent first part which the hosts shaded, however Ocampos broke the impasse quickly after the smash on a rebound from a nook.
En-Nesyri completed smartly to double his group’s lead after Bryan Gil cushioned the ball into his trail with a pleasant contact.
Sevilla climbed to thirteenth, 5 issues above the relegation zone, whilst Cadiz are sixteenth, two issues transparent of the drop.
Girona, tenth, snatched a 2-1 win in a Catalan derby conflict with Espanyol, leaving the Pericos seventeenth, some degree above the relegation zone.
Getafe earned a creditable 0–0 draw at Athletic Bilbao and sit down 14th.