Super Eagles forward, Akor Adams, was magnificent at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium, where Sevilla humiliated La Liga champions, Barcelona, 4-1, yesterday.
Akor scored the last goal as Sevilla, which also have Chidera Ejuke, in their squad, continued their climb up the La Liga table. Yesterday’s defeat was Barcelona’s first in La Liga this season, but it sent a worrying signal to Barcelona faithful, who saw their team lose at home to European champions, Paris Saint-Germain, in the UEFA Champions League midweek.
Ronald Araujo was one of two changes made from the midweek defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, and he was at the heart of the incident that allowed Sevilla to score the opener. He was adjudged to have fouled Isaac Romero inside the penalty, with the decision being confirmed after a VAR check.
That allowed Alexis Sanchez to step up from 12 yards, and he netted against his former club.After that moment, Sevilla had a number of chances to score again, with most of them falling to Isaac Romero. He squandered two big ones, but it was third time lucky as he made it 2-0 to the home side on 37 minutes. Ruben Vargas played him in from the left, and there was no mistake made on this occasion.
Barcelona needed to get back into this one as soon as possible, and crucially, they struck before half time. Pedri delivered a wonderful cross into the path of Marcus Rashford, who volleyed home for his first La Liga goal.
Barcelona had the wind in their sails in the second half, and they had a glorious opportunity to equalise on 76 minutes when Alejandro Balde was fouled inside the penalty area by Adnan Januzaj. However, the effort was sent wide by Robert Lewandowski, much to the joy of the home support.
In the 90th minute, Sevilla sealed the victory as Jose Angel Carmona fired across Wojciech Szczesny and into the far corner, and it would get even better for Los Nervionenses deep into stoppage time as Akor Adams struck to make it 4-1.
