Robert Lewandowski and Barcelona impress in opposition to Actual Sociedad, however did Ousmane Dembélé escape pink card?

Lewandowski himself was stuffed with reward for his new teammates after scoring his first two targets for the Catalan membership.

"The primary purpose that I rating for a brand new group all the time goes for my father, who's watching from the sky," he mentioned after the sport. "It was unbelievable, I am very completely happy and pleased with the group as a result of, within the second half, we had been enjoying very well and we scored 4 targets. Now, we return to Barcelona and we'll get pleasure from it for the following few days."

He added: "The primary sport [against Rayo Vallecano] wasn't good, every part was new. Within the first few weeks, we've got to get to know one another and every match can be higher. There are lots of children who I get chemistry on the pitch with shortly."

A mix

It was the story of a 34-year-old veteran striker and a 19-year-old surprise child.

After a stunted season-opener final week in its goalless draw with Rayo Vallecano, supervisor Xavi's aspect started to indicate glimpses of what it might be on Sunday.

With a mix of expertise introduced from outdoors the membership -- Lewandowski and Christensen -- and a complete host of academy graduates -- Pedri, Gavi, Ansu Fati and Alejandro Balde -- Xavi's group has heaps of potential.

And from the opening minute on the Anoeta Stadium, it seemed prefer it was coming collectively properly, as 18-year-old left-back Balde streaked down the wing earlier than crossing the ball for Lewandowski to fit house.

However Barça was pegged again simply minutes later. Frankie de Jong was caught in possession earlier than Isak was slipped in, the Swedish striker's shot looping over Marc-André ter Stegen in purpose.

And Barcelona may -- and presumably ought to -- have been right down to 10 males when Dembélé appeared to elbow Muñoz within the face, however the video assistant referee selected to not assessment the incident and Dembélé escaped with out even a yellow card.

After the halftime break, and after the introduction of Fati within the 63rd minute, the sport swung into Barça's favor.

Fati, who's getting back from a season misplaced as a consequence of knee accidents, used his tempo and enthusiasm to dissect the Sociedad protection, ending the sport with two assists and a purpose.

After the match, Xavi mentioned he was "very happy" with the win.

"At occasions, we needed to have extra endurance -- generally, we're too impetuous as a result of we play with very younger gamers," he mentioned.

"However I'm very happy, this victory exhibits that we're on the proper path; final week's end result was a little bit of a blow and profitable right here strengthens us ... We needed to be courageous after not profitable final week and the guess got here out properly for us."