Barcelona maintained their 100% record in La
Liga on Saturday night with a memorable 3-2 win against Sevilla at the Estadio
Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
An
injury-time strike from substitute David Villa preserved Tito Vilanova's side
perfect start to the season after Sevilla had built a 2-0 lead.
Winger
Piotr Trochowski put the home side in front firing home in the 26th minute
before Spanish striker Negredo doubled the lead in the 48th minute -- executing
a delightful chip over the onrushing Victor Valdes after being played in by
Gary Medel.
A Barca fightback
looked unlikely, but was given momentum five minutes later when Cesc Fabregas
fired home a left-foot drive.
Sevilla
attempts to hang on to their lead weren't helped when Medel was shown a red
card by referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz for an
apparent head butt on Fabregas in the 72nd minute.
It
proved a pivotal point in the game. Barcelona, aided by substitute's Thiago and
Villa, surged forward in search of an equalizer which eventually arrived from
the boot of Fabregas who calmly slotted home under Andres Palop after Lionel
Messi had played him in.
The
Argentine was on hand again for the third, linking with Villa who banged home
the winner deep into stoppage time.
Barcelona
have 18 points from six matches while Sevilla remain in fifth with 11.
Real
Madrid, who have just seven points from their opening five matches, play
Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.
In
Saturday's other matches, Valencia beat Real Zaragoza 2-0 thanks to goals in
either half from Algerian midfielder Feghouli and Jonathan Viera while Malaga
moved up to second with a thumping 4-0 win over Real Betis at the Estadio La
Rosaleda.
Joaquin
opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 13th minute before Javier
Saviola doubled the lead 15 minutes later.
An
Amaya own-goal in the 72nd minute sealed victory but Isco added a fourth two
minutes later to round off a resounding win.
In
Italy, Juventus consolidated their position at the top of Serie A with a
convincing 4-1 win against Roma.
Andrea
Pirlo, Arturo Vidal and Alessandro Matri all scored in the first 20 minutes to
all but seal victory.
Osvaldo
converted a penalty to pull one back for the visitors with 19 minutes
remaining, but an injury-time goal from Sebastian Giovinco rounded off a
comfortable evening for the league leaders as they edged three points clear of
Napoli, who travel to Sampdoria on Sunday.
AC
Milan were held to a 1-1 draw against Parma at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.
Stephan
El Shaarawy's put the visitors ahead five minutes into the second half only for
Daniele Galloppa to equalize 11 minutes later.
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