‘He has something special’ – Ansu Fati the key for Barcelona but should Ousmane Dembele have seen red?

Barcelona are back. Well sort of. On Sunday evening Xavi Hernandez and his team went up to Anoeta and beat Real Sociedad 4-1 for their first victory of the season.

It was a return to form for Barcelona after they were held 0-0 in their first game of the season last weekend at home to Rayo Vallecano, where they were left frustrated by a glut of missed chances. Ad There was no such wastefulness on Sunday as Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring within the first minute. LigaLewandowski off the mark as Barcelona crush Real Sociedad20 HOURS AGO Although Real Sociedad equalised and battled bravely they were undone by a trio of second-half goals as Barca got their season back on track.

It allowed them to keep pace with rivals Real Madrid, who also won 4-1 on Saturday in their first game without Casemiro, with Carlo Ancelotti’s side going strong with two wins from two thus far. In order to find out more about the reaction to the game we got in touch with Jorge Ordas from Eurosport Spain. Transfer news live — Casemiro set for Man Utd unveiling, Villa pull out of Sarr deal Casemiro – I’m joining the biggest club in England Manchester United 'convinced' Antony will join this week – Paper Round Ansu the star So what was the general reaction to the game? There was certainly a lot of schadenfreude last weekend when Barca couldn’t get past Rayo despite all the millions they had spent, especially with Jules Kounde still unable to be registered.

This performance looked a lot more like what people expected when they saw Barca’s aggressive spending in the window. “The reaction after yesterday's game is that Barcelona can become a great team if they manage to fit the pieces together on a consistent basis,” says Ordas. “The draw against Rayo