La Liga: Yamal double helps Barca edge Levante 4-2

Barcelona secured a 4-2 victory over Levante, maintaining their perfect start to the La Liga season. Lamine Yamal scored a brace for the Catalans, with Xavi Espart and Karim Adeyemi also on the scoresheet. According to Daily Trust, Espart opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a finish from a Raphinha pass, his first ever goal for the club.

Yamal doubled the lead after finishing a quick counter-attack, and he also scored a penalty early in the second half to make it 3-0. However, Levante mounted a late comeback, with Ivan Romero and Roger Brugue scoring two goals in nine minutes to make it 3-2. Daily Trust reported that Romero capitalized on an Espart mistake to make it 3-1 on 79 minutes, and Brugue squeezed a shot into the net.

Karim Adeyemi scored in added time to ensure maximum points for Barcelona, who have collected 15 points from five matches with a 100% record, three points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, as per Yahoo Sports.

Brief written by urgent.news from Punch Nigeria, Punch, Daily Trust, Yahoo Sports — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.