Lewy misses penalty as Barça loses at Sevilla

Lamine Yamal was retired injured, Robert Lewandowski missed a imaginable equalising punishment footwear and Barcelona mislaid their 2nd consecutive lucifer with a disheartening 4-1 decision astatine Sevilla successful LaLiga connected Sunday.

Combined with a midweek nonaccomplishment to Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League, Barcelona are not entering the planetary interruption successful a affirmative mood.

The effect besides meant that Real Madrid remained apical of the table, 2 points up of antecedently unbeaten Barcelona. Madrid bushed Villarreal 3-1 connected Saturday.

Sevilla, who bushed Barcelona successful LaLiga for the archetypal clip successful a decade, moved up to fourth.

Yamal aggravated an wounded successful his groin country against PSG and volition beryllium sidelined for 2 to 3 weeks.

Alejandro Balde earned a punishment for Barcelona successful the 74th infinitesimal but Lewandowski changeable wide near from the spot aft 2 stutter steps arsenic helium saw Sevilla goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos determination wherever helium was aiming.

Isaac Romero scored 1 extremity and earned different for Sevilla arsenic Barcelona struggled aboriginal connected successful 33°C vigor (more than 90°F).

Romero was fouled by Ronald Araujo to acceptable up a punishment that erstwhile Barcelona winger Alexis Sánchez converted 13 minutes in.

Romero past finished disconnected a counterattack successful the 36th to treble the vantage aft Barcelona defender Jules Koundé was stripped of the ball.

Marcus Rashford pulled 1 backmost soon earlier the break, utilizing 1 interaction to redirect a transverse from Pedri by the acold station for his archetypal LaLiga extremity since joining Barcelona connected indebtedness successful July.

After Lewandowski's miss, José Ángel Carmona finished disconnected a counterattack with a long, angled changeable past an outstretched Wojciech Szczesny successful the 89th minute. Akor Adams added different six minutes into stoppage time.

Barcelona had won their 7 erstwhile matches with Sevilla.