European wrap: Barca demolish Villarreal to restore lead

Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha both scored twice as Barcelona restored their four-point advantage over rivals Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table with a 5-1 demolition of Villarreal.

Lewandowski had Barca 2-0 up within 35 minutes and although Ayoze Perez gave the home side hope, the Polish superstar missed a penalty before Raphinha's brace and a strike from Pablo Torre eased the Catalan outfit to a sixth successive league win.

Connor Gallagher’s second goal in Spanish football earned Atletico Madrid a point from a 1-1 draw at Rayo Vallecano, who had gone ahead through Isi Palazon.

Gorka Guruzeta’s double either side of an Iago Aspas penalty set the stage for Athletic Bilbao’s 3-1 home win over Celta Vigo, which was cemented by substitute Alvaro Djalo’s strike 10 minutes from time.

Borja Mayoral’s late penalty ensured Getafe and Leganes, who had taken the lead through Jorge Saenz, finished 1-1.

Victor Boniface came off the bench to fire Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen to victory over Wolfsburg in a seven-goal thriller at the BayArena.

Leverkusen, who trailed to Nordi Mukiele’s own goal, went ahead through Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Tah before Sebastiaan Bornauw and Konstantinos Koulierakis restored the visitors’ advantage only for Piero Hincapie to head the hosts level.

However, Boniface struck three minutes into stoppage time after Wolfsburg had seen Yannick Gerhardt sent off for violent conduct to snatch a 4-3 win which sent his side second.

Deniz Undav led the way with a brace as Stuttgart bounced back from Champions League defeat at Real Madrid to rout Borussia Dortmund 5-1.

Undav provided the game’s first and last goals with Ermedin Demirovic, Enzo Millot and substitute El Bilal Toure scoring in between and