Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 4-1 thanks to Lewandowski’s two goals

Kathmandu: Barcelona has a 4-1 away victory over Real Sociedad. Barca had Robert Lewandowski’s first two La Liga goals and the timely substitution of Ansu Fati to thank for their 4-1 away victory.

There was an electric start at Anoeta when Robert Lewandowski scored inside the first minute and then Alexander Isak cancelled that out only a few moments later.

Lewandowski’s maiden goal in La Liga was timestamped at 44 seconds, a straightforward first-time finish from just outside the six-yard box that came about after Alejandro Balde’s lung-busting run from deep down the left flank.

The game had a distinct end to end feel and Barça were close to restoring their lead when Ferran Torres fired just wide of the post from a good position on the edge of the box. But then Ter Stegen beat away an effort from Mikel Merino, while Takefusa Kubo failed to hit the target on the rebound.

La Real thought they had gone ahead at the end of the first half, but Ter Stegen somehow got quickly down to his left to divert David Silva’s shot wide of the post.

The end to end feel didn’t stop after half-time and it still seemed like both teams were capable of scoring.

Only an offside flag denied the hosts a goal when Brais Mendez swung a deep free-kick into the box that Robin Le Normand stretched for – he may not have reached it but a host of La Real players in offside positions were too close to Ter Stegen’s line of sight.