{"id":110273,"date":"2019-10-07T02:37:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T01:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=110273"},"modified":"2019-10-07T02:37:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T01:37:34","slug":"nine-man-barca-beat-sevilla-to-go-second-in-la-liga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/nine-man-barca-beat-sevilla-to-go-second-in-la-liga\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine-man Barca beat Sevilla to go second in La Liga"},"content":{"rendered":"
Luis Suarez scored a sublime overhead kick as champions Barcelona climbed to second in La Liga with a convincing win over Sevilla at the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n
Ernesto Valverde’s side swept Julen Lopetegui’s visitors away with three goals in eight first-half minutes.<\/p>\n
Suarez opened the scoring with an acrobatic finish after 27 minutes, before Arturo Vidal and Ousmane Dembele put the hosts in complete control.<\/p>\n
Lionel Messi completed the scoring with a delightful free-kick late on.<\/p>\n
Barcelona had 20-year-old debutant Ronald Araujo and Ousmane Dembele sent off in the closing stages, after Araujo brought down Javier Hernandez when last man – and Dembele was shown a second yellow card for dissent in the aftermath.<\/p>\n
They move to within two points of leaders Real Madrid heading into the international break, after Zinedine Zidane’s side beat Granada 4-2 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid were held to a third goalless draw in four league matches against Real Valladolid earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luis Suarez scored a sublime overhead kick as champions Barcelona climbed to second in La Liga with a convincing win over Sevilla at the Nou Camp. Ernesto Valverde’s side swept Julen Lopetegui’s visitors away with three goals in eight first-half minutes. Suarez opened the scoring with an acrobatic finish after 27 minutes, before Arturo Vidal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":110274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,2,5],"tags":[420,41297,44364,51199,3129,38685,11028],"yoast_head":"\n