Lamine Yamal on scoresheet against Celta Vigo as Barcelona take step closer to LaLiga title

[p]Both sides had genuine goalscoring opportunities in the first 40 seconds of the match, and though the relentless pace continued throughout the early stages, it was more akin to a game of pinball between the two sets of players.[/p][p]Ex-[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barça[/a] man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jutgla-ferran/Wbz0q867/"]Ferran Jutglà[/a] blazed over when one-on-one with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garcia-joan/vuAlEqes/"]Joan García[/a], before the hosts were dealt a blow when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cancelo-joao/dAyeWYpm/"]João Cancelo[/a] was unable to continue with only 20 minutes on the clock.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celta-vigo/8pvUZFhf/"]Celta[/a] took every chance to attack, and by the 30-minute mark, Barça still hadn’t managed a shot on target.[/p][p][b]Each time the likes of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lamine-yamal/lAt3vEub/"]Lamine Yamal[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torres-ferran/AVAVLaLt/"]Ferran Torres[/a] got into a goalscoring position, they were swiftly closed down, until the former burst into the area and, after being upended by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lago-yoel/b5NiMsEe/"]Yoel Lago[/a], buried the resulting penalty into the bottom corner for his 16th league goal of the season.[/b][/p][embed guid="dbfc4030-1a45-40fe-bcd6-7f8034c3eb00" url="https://x.com/FCBarcelona/status/2047053830253371620" social-type="twitter" /][p]Oddly, it was his last action of the match, though it wasn’t immediately clear how he had injured himself.[/p][p]An unrelated delay meant the official didn’t whistle for half time until the 68th minute, but that didn’t stop the visitors from flying out of the blocks after the interval, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alvarez-hugo/nyLFv8t3/"]Hugo Álvarez[/a] particularly industrious.[/p][p]However, Barça soon got into their stride, and Torres smashed home an incredible volley from an exquisite [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pedri/baBG8QuI/"]Pedri[/a] cross, only to see it disallowed after a VAR review.[/p][p]To their credit, Celta continued playing on the front foot, and this affected Barça’s fluency each time they attempted to get forward.[/p][p]The introduction of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-jong-frenkie/A1F3rz9c/"]Frenkie de Jong[/a] appeared to give the hosts some fresh impetus, but they were still finding it difficult to work Celta goalkeeper, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/radu-andrei/4xYjfkEG/"]Ionuț Radu[/a].[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="12a4ebaf-814b-4863-8140-1ef51c2744a9" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="8ce4d3f6-e47c-4792-ab25-e2c1950f8df3" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]It mattered not, however, and the result sees Barça extend their winning streak in LaLiga to eight matches, and is a sixth H2H unbeaten against the Galicians. Just a second defeat in 13 away trips for Celta leaves them in seventh position.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cubarsi-pau/UgTrNwCF/"]Pau Cubarsí[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/celta-vigo-8pvUZFhf/?mid=Y1CbfXFj"]See all the stats from the match here[/a][/b][/p]