European football: Lamine Yamal?s stunning strike caps Barcelona win over Real Oviedo

• Three second-half goals put Bar?a back on top
  
• Juventus beat Napoli to leave title challenge in tatters

Barcelona capitalised on two defensive mistakes by bottom-of-the-table Real Oviedo to seal a 3-0 victory at a rain-drenched Camp Nou, regaining top spot in La Liga. Goals from Dani Olmo, Raphinha and, acrobatically, Lamine Yamal powered the Catalan club to 52 points, one ahead of Real Madrid, while Atl?tico Madrid trail in third on 44.
Bar?a struggled to break the deadlock against a spirited Oviedo until they finally found the breakthrough in the 52nd minute, with Olmo striking home following a defensive lapse. Five minutes later, Oviedo?s struggles deepened, with the defender David Costas under-hitting a back-pass, which Raphinha intercepted before calmly chipping the onrushing Aar?nEscandell in Oviedo?s goal to double Barcelona?s lead. Lamine Yamal wrapped up Bar?a?s win by scoring in the 73rd minute with a brilliant acrobatic volley from an Olmo cross.
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