VIDEO: Sensational performance by Dembélé. Barcelona winger scores 4 goals against Athletic

A fantastic night for Ousmane Dembélé. On Sunday night, he contributed one goal and three assists to Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.

Ousmane Dembélé has been one of the symbols of Barcelona’s spending in recent years. The Blaugranas paid 145 million euros for him to Dortmund, but for the first five years at Barcelona he was plagued by injuries, performed poorly and seemed to leave for free.

However, new coach Xavi eventually convinced him to stay at Camp Nou and the Frenchman finally started to prove why Barcelona paid so much money for him in 2017. He recorded 13 assists in the spring, and has continued in a similar fashion this season, with a 3+5 record after eleven games.

He has a big performance lined up for Sunday night. Barcelona swept Athletic Bilbao 4:0 and the French speedster was on the scoresheet for all the goals.

Dembélé curled the ball to the back post in the 12th minute, but his shot was still cleared by Unai Simón. however, Robert Lewandowski found the rebounded ball and his centre found Dembélé, whose header opened the scoring.

Just six minutes later, the Frenchman found Sergi Roberto with a cross, who, with a defender’s cross, shot past Simón and Barcelona led 2-0. But the show went on, in the 22nd minute Dembélé played with Berchich on the line, then headed the ball into the middle and found Lewandowski in the whitewash with a beautiful cross, who expertly curled around De Marcos to make it 3: 0.

In the 73rd minute, Dembélé produced a third wonderful cross into the box, where he found Ferran Torres, who finished for the final 4-0.

Barcelona will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League this week, but there is nothing to play for. If Inter Milan beat Viktoria Plzen, Barcelona will automatically be relegated to the Europa League.

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