No win for Barça on their European outing in Bruges after the manic draw (3-3) during which the blaugranes fell behind three times. The aim was of course to leave the Jan Breydel stadium with a victory to finish the gameweek in the first eight positions in the table, but although it wasn't to be, the positives came from the performance by Lamine Yamal.

Leading the way

The Catalan showed he is over the groin issue of recent weeks, as he led the team for the full 90 minutes. After the early goal by the Belgians to make it 1-0, the number 10 played a great pass into space for Fermín, who in turn assisted Ferran to square the game at 1-1. During the second half, this time when 2-1 down, he came up with a genius play to restore parity again.

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Goal for the ages for 2-2 and testing cross for 3-3

A croqueta move between three opponents before receiving a bounce pass from Fermín, then a dribble past another defender before an outside of the foot shot past Jackers to make it 2-2. It goes without saying that this notable goal is one of the four candidates for best goal of the day for the Champions League fixtures on Wednesday.

However, after scoring that stunner, the game turned again when Carlos Forbs made it 3-2. Lamine Yamal needed to show up again and he did. He put in one of his delicious crosses and the ball skimmed of Tzolis' head and over the keeper, tying up the game again at 3-3, which would prove the final score.

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“We are Barça”

Lamine Yamal had a decisive role in all three Barça goals, and beyond that, he was a constant headache for the Club Brugge defence. He took them on constantly and found it easy to get away from his opponents. He provided many more passes that his teammates couldn't covert and showed again that words to describe how good a player he is are hard to find. He is ambitious too, because despite all he had done himself, it still wasn't enough after the game.

Aware he is one of the leaders of the team on the pitch, he also wants to express his thoughts. “We are Barça and we can't concede so many goals. It's a team thing, not just the defence”, he stated. However, on looking towards the rest of the season, he promised that “we will definitely bring a lot of joy to the culers.” Lamine Yamal has spoken.

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