Barcelona thump Levante to reach top of La Liga

By Xinhua

Madrid : Thierry Henry grabbed a hat-trick as Barcelona cruised to a 4-1 victory over bottom club Levante to go top of the Spanish Primera Liga football standings.


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Barca’s first away win put them top of the table with 14 points from six games, one ahead of defending La Liga champions Real Madrid who visit struggling Getafe Sunday.

The France striker had netted his first goal for Barcelona in the 3-0 win over Olympique Lyon in the UEFA Champions League last week and broke his Primera Liga duck with two early goals against Levante.

Henry completed his hattrick just after the restart and Argentina’s Lionel Messi added the fourth.

Levante pulled one back from the penalty spot through Emilio Viqueiria but never found net again.

Barca captain Carles Puyol had appeared as a substitute at halftime, after three months out with a knee ligament injury, and gave away the penalty in the 71st minute when he fouled Levante striker Alexandre Geijo.

Real Zaragoza downed visitors Sevilla to their fourth consecutive defeat after winning 2-0.

Argentine midfielder Andres D’Alessandro opened the scoring with a free kick early in the second half and striker Sergio Garcia caught them on the break at the end.

Zaragoza climbed to eighth with eight points from six games while Sevilla slipped to 11th with six points from five.

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