Barcelona consolidated their lead at LaLigaā€™s summit with a comfortable 3-0 victory over AlaveĢs Lewandowski 7ā€², 22ā€², 32ā€² Robert Lewandowski continued his impressive goal scoring streak by breaking the deadlock in the seventh minute with a pinpoint header from Raphinhaā€™s free kick. The Polish striker doubled his tally just 15 minutes later as the pair combined again, this time rolling the ball home from a cutback from the winger in the area. He claimed a hat-trick shortly after the half-hour at Mendizorrotza with a rolled finish from the righthand side of the box after being teed up by Eric GarciĢa.

Their hosts appeared to have snatched a reducer on the stroke of half-time through Toni MartiĢnez but a VAR intervention for offside spared the Blaugranaā€™s blushes. The Babazorros continued to cause InĢƒaki PenĢƒa problems after the interval and saw another goal disallowed late on in identical fashion through Santiago MourinĢƒo. Hansi Flickā€™s side head into the international break with a three-point cushion over defending champions Real Madrid ahead of their showdown on 26 October.

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