Robert Lewandowski fires hat-trick as FC Barcelona cruise past Alaves

The La Liga leaders lost at Osasuna last weekend to end a seven-match winning streak, but bounced back with a convincing midweek 5-0 Champions League triumph over Young Boys.

Lewandowski struck three times inside the opening 31 minutes at Mendizorroza, while mid-table Alaves went on to fight hard to respond and saw a goal from Toni Martinez ruled out just before the interval.

The result restored a three-point lead for Hansi Flick's men over rivals Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid took the lead after just 52 seconds at Real Sociedad, but had to settle for a point from a 1-1 draw.

The visitors made a flying start when Antoine Griezmann's clever backheel from a long ball set up Julian Alvarez to fire the ball into the bottom corner.

Sociedad, though, eventually hauled themselves level with just six minutes left through a looping 25-yard effort from Luka Sucic.

Girona got back to winning ways with a remarkable 2-1 home victory over Athletic Bilbao which saw goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga save three penalties, from Alex Berenguer, Inaki Williams and Ander Herrera, before Cristhian Stuani netted the winner nine minutes into stoppage time from the penalty spot.

Also on Sunday, Sevilla beat arch-rivals Real Betis 1-0 thanks to Dodi Lukebakio's second-half penalty.

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