Four rounds before the end of the competition, Barcelona’s record has become 85 points from 34 matches, 14 points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, which is an irreplaceable difference.
Barcelona were clearly the better part against their lowly neighbor, who occupy the penultimate position, and opened the scoring through Lewandowski.
Alejandro Balde, who scored the opening goal for colleague Lewandowski, added the second after Pedri’s pass in the 20th minute.
Lewandowski increased Barcelona’s lead five minutes before the break after a perfect pass from Rafinha.
Defender Jules Conde scored Barcelona’s fourth goal in the 53rd minute, but Javi Boadu netted one for Espanyol in the 73rd minute and then colleague Joselo added the second in the dying moments of injury time.
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