Barcelona 3-0 Mallorca result - Lamine Yamal scores wonder goal as Barca see off Mallorca to go four points clear

A spellbinding second half performance by Barcelona ripped through a Mallorca side who had started confidently and made real chances in the first. A wonder goal from Lamine Yamal on the hour killed off any islander’s hopes after Robert Lewandowski had opened the scoring 30 minutes earlier from close range. Marc Bernal made it three and finished things off on 83 minutes.

Despite dominating possession in the first half, Barcelona looked the less dangerous in front of goal. At least until they scored. 

Mallorca, on the rare occasions they had the ball, were able to cut through the Barca defence like a hot knife through butter. Pablo Torre and Jan Virgili linked up well, looking to thread in their team's top scorer, Vedat Muriqi. The 31 year-old was a fraction of a second, or millimeter of a stretch away from opening the scoring in the 17th minute, 

But it was the home side who made it count when a 28th minute shot from Rashford bounced through to Lewandowski. The veteran Pole was composure personified, taking two touches to position the ball where he wanted it before burying it in the back of the net. 

Lamine Yamal ought to have doubled the deficit just before half time. Played in by Kounde at the far post, following a Rashford free kick, the youngster somehow conspired to slice the ball wide with the goal gaping.

He made up for that miss in the second half, however. With Barcelona dominating  every dimension of the match, and Mallorca tiring, the wunderkind took advantage of the extra space to curl a magnificent shot in from 25 yards.

The visitors managed to force a couple of late efforts on goal but never looked like coming back. When Barca substitute Marc Bernal broke through the midfield on 83 minutes, as much work as he still had to do, there was only going to be one outcome.

The result puts Barcelona four points clear at the top of La Liga, with Real Madrid playing Valencia late on Sunday.

One last chance of a consolation goes begging, before the referee calls a halt. Mallorca weren't bad, whether as individuals or a team, but they were just no match for Barcelona's singular and collective brilliance.

Two more than Arrasate might like.

And really it has been all about the second half, in which they extinguished all Mallorcan hopes.

It's caught by Joan Garcia. That's only Mallorca's second chance of any sort of the half.

Bernal bursts through, receiving the ball from Ferran not far into the Mallorca half and has so much still to do. He kept his composure, let Mallorca lose their heads around him and slots home to wrap this one up for the hosts.

Gifted the ball from Barcelona, he runs at the ball and cracks off a chest-high shot from distance. Garcia is good for it, however, and palms it out to safety. That's the only shot of any sort Mallorca have had in this half.

On comes Roony Bardghji. Joao Cancelo replaces Lewandowski. Flick is confident the job is done.

He curls it so quickly towards the corner but it's just wide of goal. There was no way of knowing it was missing until it had whistled by, that's how close it was.

Heart in mouth stuff for a moment by Joan Garcia but it worked, and before you knew it the home side were rampaging up the other end.

Ferran Torres replaces Marcus Rashford, while Marc Bernal comes in for Dani Olmo.

Antonio Sanchez on for Mateu Morey; Mateo Joseph on for Jan Vigili; Segi Darder replaces Pablo Torre.

Rashford is looking for Lewandowski from the left, and he would have found it but for brilliance by the center half.

Cometh the hour! Pure magic from the man of the season. Olmo just lays it off to him 25 yards out where his vision for goal and ability to find it is unmatchable. The keeper is left rooted to the spot and the right-foot shot lands to his left.

Their defenders haven't let it drop, but they'd welcome the relief you feel.

But still haven't found the key to opening up their defence. Casado lofts the ball over in the direction of Lamine, but Mojica sees it first.

But sends it straight down the middle and down the throat of the goalkeeper. He's already been tested a bit more this half than the first.

And it's deflected onto the bar by the brave head of David Lopez. That was going in without it.

He runs mazily into the box and there certainly contact with Mojica, but the referee had the best possible view and was confident in his decision. That's the first time Lamine has really gone up against the Colombian one v one.