A penalty was awarded to Sevilla early on after Araújo fouled a player, and Alexis Sánchez calmly stepped up to slot it in in the 13th minute. Isaac Romero doubled the lead in the 37th minute, while Marcus Rashford — the English winger on loan from Manchester United — pulled one back just before half-time. He scored his first goal in a Barcelona jersey after providing several assists in earlier matches.
Barcelona had some chances to at least equalize before two more goals were scored against them. This included a penalty, which Robert Lewandowski sent into the sky.
Barcelona were also without key players like Raphinha, John Garcia, and Lamine Yamal, whose groin injury was aggravated during the UCL match against PSG. José Carmona added another goal in the 90th minute, while Nigerian international Akor Adams made it 4–1 in the 90+5th minute. Adams also recently earned his first national team call-up.
After the match, Barcelona coach Hansi Flick noted that the team has to use the humiliating defeat as inspiration for future matches.
Barcelona are now in second place on the La Liga table, only a few points behind Real Madrid, despite Madrid also dropping points by losing to Atlético Madrid before their UCL game. We can definitely say that El Clásico will determine who tops the table.
A big positive to take from the match is Marcus Rashford’s form for Barcelona. He even won Man of the Match despite his team losing to Sevilla. He was Barcelona’s most promising player, unlike Lewandowski, who sent all his shots in the match straight to the moon. Even Sofascore was generous, giving him a 5.00 rating.
