Robert Lewandowski was the star of the show for Barcelona as the prolific Pole scored a first-half hat-trick in a comfortable 3-0 win at Alaves on Sunday, giving Hansi Flick’s side three points clear at the top of La Liga.

Blaugrana captain Raphinha, who has been in outstanding form of late, was also at his best as the Brazilian playmaker pulled the strings for Barca and the South American thought he had opened the scoring within four minutes, but his effort was canceled as a result Teenage prodigy Lamine Yamal was slightly offside in the build-up play.

Barca lost Ferran Torres to an early injury but took the lead in the seventh minute when Lewandowski fired home a Raphinha free-kick – giving him a total of 50 goals for the Catalan giants in La Liga. Lewandowski scored his second goal in the 22nd minute when he was tapped in again by Raphinha, and picked up another match point just after the half-hour when he curled into the bottom corner after a pass from Eric Garcia.

Alaves posed a threat amid Barca’s lapses in concentration – the VAR ruled out an attempt just before half-time before the goal was scored at the start of the second 45 minutes. However, Flick was able to rest Yamal in the second half. with the guests able to secure a comfortable victory.

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