Barcelona beat Aston Villa 3-0 as Yamal and Raphinha score

Barcelona beat Aston Villa 3-0 at Camp Nou in matchday 4 of the Champions League. The home side controlled the match for the most part and gave Villa few chances. Villa, through Johan Manzambi, created the best chance of the first half but could not turn it into a goal.

Lamine Yamal scored in the 7th minute, finishing a position where he was left alone after a perfect pass from Joao Gomes. With this goal, Yamal reached 14 Champions League goals and passed Kylian Mbappe to become the tournament's leading young goalscorer.

Raphinha scored twice in the second half within 12 minutes. Villa's defence made serious errors for his first goal. For the second, Joao Cancelo beat the Villa defence with skilful dribbling, and Raphinha, who was left unmarked, sent the ball into the net from close range.

Barcelona took 16 shots and created an expected goals (xG) total of 1.99. Villa had 9 shots and an xG of 0.72, but Nicolas Jackson managed only one shot. Barcelona had last won a European trophy 11 years ago. Since Hansi Flick took charge two years ago, the team has been closing in on the top of the Champions League.