Sevilla thrashed Barcelona 4-1 on Sunday (October 5, 2025), ending the champions’ unbeaten start in LaLiga and denying them an opportunity to return to the top of the table.
Sevilla’s first league win over Barcelona since 2015 provisionally lifted them to fourth in the table with 13 points from eight matches. Barcelona remained second with 19 points, two below leaders Real Madrid.
“It’s one of the happiest days of my life. We deserved to win from start to finish,” said Jose Angel Carmona, who scored Sevilla’s third goal.
Barcelona made a muted start and had no shots on target in the first half an hour, while Sevilla probed early on, looking to unleash Alexis Sanchez with long balls.
Sevilla took the lead in the 13th minute, after Isaac Romero went down while jostling for the ball with Ronald Araujo near Barcelona’s six-yard box, and the referee awarded a penalty to Sevilla after taking a look at the VAR replay.
Sanchez sent former Arsenal teammate Wojciech Szczesny the wrong way to convert the spot kick.
Szczesny stopped Sevilla from doubling their lead in the 27th minute, saving Romero’s shot from inside the box.
Romero, however, doubled Sevilla’s lead 10 minutes later, as Ruben Vargas sprinted past Barcelona’s high defensive line to chase down a through ball near the box, and crossed to the Spanish forward who dispatched a first-time finish.
Marcus Rashford reduced the deficit for Barcelona late in added time before the break, hammering Pedri’s lobbed pass into the net from a tight angle with his left foot.
Published – October 06, 2025 03:30 am IST