Barcelona vs. Real Sociedad score, highlights: Early red card benefits first-place Barca in 4-0 win

Barcelona finishes the weekend in the first place of La Liga thanks to an impressive 4-0 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday, which completely dominates the game after an early red card for the visitors.

The 17th minute’s resignation of Aritz Elustondo made it easy for Barcelona to build a commander’s lead, with Gerard Martin scored the opening goal of the game in the 25th minute. Marc Casado added a second only four minutes later, while Barcelona took two more goals in the second half thanks to Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski. Dani Olmo also had a striking match, in which he made an assist in the first two goals.

The visitors only had one shot and only had 25% possessed when everything was said and done.

Here is a look at the important moments from the game:

Moment of the game

Barcelona wasted little time to dominate the game after the red card, with Martin’s game opening goal in an impressive series for the entire team. Olmo’s stunning film about the top has skilfully set up Martin for a smooth finish, which was a stylish way to start the procedure and to set his first goal for the club.

Man of the game

Olmo had an impact on Sunday and put two assists in an impressive victory. He also created five chances on the road and made five shots of his own shots, with a combined expected goals and assists of 0.96 against Real Sociedad. He also had a goodness of 92% on Sunday, making it a very successful outing for the Spain International.

Wildest moment of the game

Without a doubt, the most impactful moment of the game was the 17th minute red card from Elustondo. He took Olmo to the ground when Barcelona set up an attacking game, whereby the resignation laid the foundation for a very dominant game for the hosts.

What the result means for Barcelona

Barcelona is again on top of La Liga, a point above second place Atletico Madrid. They would probably go back to the first place with a victory, but this weekend received a helping hand with the loss of Real Madrid for Real Betis, which Los Blancos places in third place and three points behind Barcelona.

What is the following

Barcelona resumes the game in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday and traveled to Benfica in the first stage of their round of 16 draw, before he returned to La Liga Play against Osasuna on Saturday. You can view all Champions League promotion Paramount+.