Barcelona star Raphinha further extended his lead atop the top scorer standings in La Liga courtesy of another explosive individual performance on Saturday night.
Hansi Flick’s men marked their return to action a short time ago, making the trip to Andalusia for a meeting with Sevilla.
The aforementioned Raphinha, fresh off a spectacular opening to the new campaign, featured from the off once again, from his new position as Barca’s attacking spearhead.
And en route to an eventual 3-1 Blaugrana triumph, the Brazilian proved himself the undisputed star of the show…
After drawing the visitors level during the first-half, Raphinha followed up with a further pair of goals on the other side of the interval, to make it back-to-back hat-tricks.
This means that, across seven La Liga appearances this season, the former Leeds United man has found the net a remarkable 12 times.
This places Raphinha a full five goals clear atop the Pichichi race, ahead of joint-runners-up Lamine Yamal, Sergio Camello and reigning holder Kylian Mbappé.
Conor Laird – GSFN
