Lewandowski saved Barcelona again. But Xavi was not satisfied with the performance of his players

Robert Lewandowski continues to confirm his reputation as an excellent goalscorer, this time scoring three points for Barcelona after a beautiful individual effort. With no one else scoring during the game against Mallorca, the Catalan side will remain top of La Liga at least until Sunday evening.

If anyone thought Lewandowski could only score goals in Germany, they were sorely mistaken. This is confirmed by the statistics of the Polish striker, who has already scored 12 goals in 9 games this season and assisted on two others.

In La Liga, he only missed the net of Rayo Vallecano in the opening game of this season, which ended in a goalless draw. After that, however, he has already started his goal machine, which was noticed by Viktoria Plzeň, which he shot down with a hat-trick.

After 7 league matches Barcelona is at the top of the table with 19 points, but on Sunday evening they will welcome Real Madrid, who currently have 18 points, to a well playing Osasuna, who have already collected 12 points in 6 matches.

An unconvincing performance

The game against Mallorca was certainly not to Xavi’s liking, however, as the Catalan footballers allowed their opponents too much, which could have backfired on them more than once.

Marc-André ter Stegen, who like the 34-year-old Polish striker was a key figure in the full points haul, certainly deserves recognition.

“It’s a very important three points, especially after the national break. In games like this, if you don’t score a second goal, things can get very complicated. We didn’t win, but we got three points, which are very important for us,” Xavi said in the post-match press conference.

We certainly can’t help but agree with his words. Barcelona have a very tough double-header with Inter, which may well decide who qualifies for the Champions League. After losing to Bayern Munich, the Catalans need to pick up points.

In between these games, we will have a league game against Celta Vigo and then we can look forward to El Clásico, which will take place in Madrid.

Source: Marca, La Liga