Barcelona stun Madrid 4-0 to end losing streak
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
MADRID, Mar 21 (AP): Barcelona's losing run against Real Madrid finally ended Sunday as the Catalan club enjoyed a stunning 4-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and showed its title hopes in the Spanish league may not be over yet
Barcelona kept its recent momentum going under coach Xavi Hernandez in the last "clasico" of the season.
The win ended Barcelona's five-match losing streak to its rival and maintained an outside chance of fighting for the title after a difficult start to its first season without Lionel Messi.
The victory was its first against Madrid since 2019 and came in style - like a few others Barcelona enjoyed with Messi in his prime.
It was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who thrived this time, scoring twice to continue his great streak since being signed in the final minutes of the winter transfer window. Ronald Araujo and Ferran Torres added a goal each to give Barcelona its seventh win in the last eight matches in all competitions.
"Of course we didn't expect this scoreline, but we did everything we intended to do from the start," Barcelona captain Sergio Busquets said.
"Everything went our way and we could have scored even more goals."