Barcelona beat Elche 3-1 to stay in touch with La Liga leaders Real Madrid

Dominant football win moves defending La Liga champions to second place in the standings, five adrift of archrivals Madrid.

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Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford struck for Barcelona as they earned a 3-1 win over Elche in La Liga to bounce back from last weekend’s El Clasico defeat and move back into second place to trail leaders Real Madrid by five points.

Barca continued to struggle in defence and Elche had chances to cause an upset on Sunday, scoring through Rafa Mir, with the striker also twice hitting the woodwork.

Barcelona beat Elche 3-1 to stay in touch with La Liga leaders Real Madrid

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