Barcelona’s teenage sensation Ansu Fati was in inspirational form for the Catalans as he combined with Jordi Alba to score the first goal in the 15th minute and then struck again four minutes later with another ice-cool finish.
Fati, the 17-year-old in his second season in Barca’s first team after he rose to the senior team from the club’s youth set-up, then won the penalty to set up the third goal in the 35th minute.
Lionel Messi was back in scoring business for Barcelona on Sunday as he stepped up to take the penalty Fati won to lead them to a resounding 4-0 win at home against Villarreal in a near-perfect La Liga opener under new coach, Ronald Koeman.
Watch the match highlights below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk4UBBd8FfE
Villarreal defender Pau Torres scored an own goal right at the end of the first half to heap more pain on Unai Emery’s side while Barca continued to dominate the game in the second half without managing to add to their hefty advantage.
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Atletico Madrid 6-1 Granada: Luis Suarez scores brace coming on as a sub on his debut
Luis Suarez got off to a flying start and wasted no time in making his mark at Atletico Madrid, scoring twice on his debut
Suarez was introduced from the bench with 20 minutes remaining with Atletico leading 3-0. He announced himself in style three days after his arrival from Barcelona with two goals in a 6-1 rout of Granada.
Diego Costa scored inside the first 10 minutes of the match to earn Atleti the only goal of the first half, with Saul Niguez’s seeing his 16th-minute penalty saved by Rui Silva for the hosts.
Watch the match highlights below
https://youtu.be/_P8Itg-03Pg
Angel Correa and Joao Felix both scored in the second half before Suarez’s introduction, and he made an immediate impact by laying on for Marcos Llorente to add a fourth.
Suarez then scored a fine header to open his account in the 85th minute and, while Jorge Molina grabbed a late consolation for Granada, the Uruguay striker slid home his second in stoppage time.
Other La Liga results
Sunday 27th September
- Osasuna 1-3 Levante
- Eibar 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
- Atletico Madrid 6-1 Granada
- Cadiz 1-3 Sevilla
- Real Valladolid 1-1 Celta Vigo
- Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal
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