Yamal scores twice as Barcelona wins 4th straight game in La Liga, Arsenal beats Chelsea

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Azzoni, T. (2026, September 6). Yamal scores twice as Barcelona wins 4th straight game in La Liga, Arsenal beats Chelsea. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/yamal-scores-twice-as-barcelona-wins-4th-straight-game-in-la-liga-arsenal-beats-chelsea/article_9ad3ad21-56c4-5949-8c43-89bb5a4917be.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-06 · by Tales Azzoni

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Barcelona won its fourth consecutive La Liga game, defeating Valencia 5-0 on Sunday at the Mestalla Stadium. Lamine Yamal scored two goals for Barcelona, his second brace of the season. Barcelona is now the only team with a perfect record after four rounds in La Liga, having outscored opponents 17-2. The match was marked by protests from Valencia fans outside the stadium against the team's owner and players following their third straight loss.
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Barcelona defeated Valencia 5-0 on Sunday, with Lamine Yamal scoring two goals and Fermin Lopez, Raphinha, and Pedri also finding the net for the visitors. This victory maintained Barcelona's perfect start to the new football season, as they lead the La Liga table with 12 points from four games, three more than second-placed Real Madrid. Valencia are at the bottom of the table with only one point from their four games. The game was a dominant performance by Barcelona, who controlled the contest from the start and scored multiple goals in each half.

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🔮 Madrid’s Vinícius will serve the first of a four-game suspension later Sunday for pulling the hair of a Villarreal player and aggressively confronting the referee in the previous round.
🔮 It wasn’t the result we wanted, we could have equalized but we didn’t and now we look forward to the next matches.”
🔮 Barcelona’s defense will include hosting Arsenal in a rematch of the 2025 final won by the London club.
🔮 “We could skip the news conference, because the story of the match is right here (on the photos),” Mourinho said.
🔮 After Barcelona’s biggest win of the season, Raphinha said he and his teammates are hungry for goals and will keep pushing for more.
🔮 Rayo Vallecano triumphs in Butarque again Rayo Vallecano beat Espanyol 2-1 with first-half goals by Álvaro García and Adria Pedrosa in what may have been its last match before returning home to Vallecas Stadium.
🔮 MADRID (AP) — Changes are expected to the new Madring track next year after its lackluster debut at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.
🔮 There were a few other incidents in the final practice session, with Alexander Albon brushing the wall and his Williams teammate Carlos Sainz just barely avoiding hitting the barrier after not being able to turn on a corner.
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Arsenal Barcelona Chelsea Spanish Valencia

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Barcelona ORG · 7× Chelsea ORG · 5× Arsenal ORG · 4× Strasbourg GPE · 4× Augsburg ORG · 3× Troyes GPE · 3× Valencia GPE · 3× Everton ORG · 2× Juventus ORG · 2× Spanish NORP · 2×

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Goalkeeper Koeman Jr. scores twice Telstar goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr., son of former Dutch star Ronald Koeman, scored twice from the penalty spot to help his team salvage a 2-2 home draw against Cambuur in the Dutch league.
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Barcelona stayed perfect in the Spanish league by cruising to a 5-0 win at Valencia on Sunday, with Lamine Yamal scoring another brace for the Catalan club. asserted
Yamal → stay → club
Arsenal rallied to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League, while Manchester United was stunned in added time to draw 2-2 at Everton. asserted
United → rally → Everton
Federico Gatti scored two minutes into stoppage time as Juventus drew 1-1 with AC Milan in Serie A. asserted
Juventus → score → Milan
Augsburg moved to the top of the Bundesliga by winning 4-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt, and American midfielder Giovanni Reyna scored in Strasbourg’s 6-2 rout of Troyes in France. asserted
Reyna → move → France
Barcelona keeps winning in Spain asserted
Barcelona → win → Spain
Barcelona won its fourth game in a row at the start of the Spanish league and is the only team with a perfect record after four rounds. asserted
Barcelona → win → rounds
Yamal scored a goal in each half following his first two goals of the season in the win against Rayo Vallecano in the previous round. asserted
Yamal → score → round
“I think we played a fantastic game,” Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said. asserted
Flick → think → game
“We controlled the game, we were dominant. asserted
we → control → game
This is what I want to see from the team.” asserted
I → want → team
Fermín López, Raphinha and Pedri also found the net for Barcelona, which has outscored opponents 17-2 in four games. asserted
which → find → games
López was man of the match after also helping to set up two of the goals. asserted
López → help → goals
Midfielder Rodri made his first start since joining Barcelona from Manchester City, and newly signed forward Gabriel Jesus came off the bench in the second half for his Barcelona debut. asserted
Jesus → make → debut
Defender Eric García had to be replaced in the first half after being struck in the face in a collision with Rodri. asserted
García → have → Rodri
Valencia lost its third in a row. asserted
Valencia → lose → row
It has scored only once in four matches. asserted
It → score → matches
The home rout sparked protests against the team owner and players by Valencia fans, who gathered in large numbers outside the Mestalla Stadium after the match. asserted
who → spark → match
Lucas Boyé had a hat trick and Mariano Díaz scored his third goal of the season as Alaves defeated Osasuna 5-2 at home for its third win and second place in the standings. asserted
Alaves → have → standings
Sevilla, with 10 men from the 56th, took the lead at Espanyol in the 85th but conceded deep into stoppage time for a 1-1 draw. asserted
Sevilla → take → draw
Arsenal also perfect in Premier League Arsenal joined Man City at the top of the standings in England by coming from behind to defeat Chelsea in its biggest test so far in its title defense. asserted
Arsenal → join → defense
Martin Odegaard scored a 50th-minute winner after Morgan Rogers had given Chelsea an early lead and Kai Havertz equalized for Chelsea in the first half. asserted
Havertz → score → half
Arsenal has won its first three Premier league matches. asserted
Arsenal → win → matches
Man United, which has only one victory in three league games, conceded a stoppage-time goal to draw with Everton after twice holding the lead. asserted
which → have → lead
Deadline-day signing Ainsley Maitland-Niles came off the bench to make his debut and score a long-range shot into the top corner to salvage a point for his new club. asserted
Niles → come → club
Late Juventus-Milan drama in Serie A Gatti found the net with a header to even the match after Alphadjo Cisse had put the visitors ahead in the 68th. asserted
Cisse → find → 68th
The game was a matchup of two traditional Italian heavyweights that failed to qualify for the Champions League. asserted
that → fail → League
Both teams had won their opening two matches in the league this season. asserted
teams → win → league
Bologna scored in stoppage time to draw 2-2 with visiting Sassuolo, while Frosinone struck in stoppage time to beat Venezia 3-2. asserted
Frosinone → score → Venezia
Parma and Monza drew 1-1. asserted
Parma → draw → ?
Reyna scores first goal with Strasbourg in France Reyna got his first goal with Strasbourg in his new club’s trouncing of promoted Troyes. asserted
Reyna → score → Troyes
The 23-year-old U.S. international joined Strasbourg from Borussia Monchengladbach. asserted
international → join → Monchengladbach
Sam Amo-Ameyaw added a pair of late goals for the visitors, which have won two in a row after a 4-0 opening loss at Marseille. asserted
which → add → Marseille
Troyes had taken the lead with Antoine Mille in the ninth minute and stayed ahead until Jacobo Ortega’s 40th-minute equalizer. asserted
Troyes → take → equalizer
Paris beat Marseille 3-2 with Lassine Sinayoko’s hat trick including a penalty in the 86th. asserted
Paris → beat → 86th
Rennes won 2-1 at Angers for its second victory in three rounds. asserted
Rennes → win → rounds
Augsburg conceded six minutes into the match but scored four unanswered goals in the second half to defeat Eintracht Frankfurt. asserted
Augsburg → concede → Frankfurt
Augsburg’s second straight win saw the club go top of the standings on goal difference. asserted
club → see → difference
Three other teams have also won two matches to start the season — Freiburg, Borussia Dortmund and Elversberg. asserted
teams → win → season
Also Sunday, Mainz routed Hamburger 5-0 on the road. asserted
Mainz → rout → road
Goalkeeper Koeman Jr. scores twice Telstar goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr., son of former Dutch star Ronald Koeman, scored twice from the penalty spot to help his team salvage a 2-2 home draw against Cambuur in the Dutch league. asserted
team → score → league
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