Barcelona is now nine points ahead of Madrid!!
La Liga: Another win for Barcelona, took a nine-point lead over Real Madrid, know what happened in the match
Barcelona is now nine points ahead of Madrid, whose match in Valencia on Saturday was postponed due to floods. The match between Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano was also postponed due to floods.
With the help of two goals from Dani Olmo, Barcelona maintained its dominance in the current season of the Spanish Football League La Liga by registering a 3-1 win over Espanyol. Rafinha also scored for Barcelona, who defeated Real Madrid 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium a week ago.
Barcelona is now nine points ahead of Madrid, whose match in Valencia on Saturday was postponed due to floods. The match between Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano was also postponed due to floods. More than 200 people have lost their lives so far due to floods in southern Spain. Three second-division matches in the region have also been postponed.
Barcelona extended their unbeaten run against Espanyol to 27 with the win. Espanyol, who are 17th in the league table, have lost six of their last seven league matches. Meanwhile, Giuliano Simeone, the son of Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone, scored his first goal for the club in the team's 2-0 win over Las Palmas. In other matches, Athletic Bilbao drew 1-1 at Real Betis while 10th-placed Real Sociedad beat Sevilla 2-0.