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Barcelona<\/a> made it five wins from five in La Liga<\/a> on Sunday, beating Levante<\/a> 4-2 away at the Ciutat de Val\u00e8ncia with Lamine Yamal<\/a> scoring twice, according to Barca Blaugranes<\/a>. The result kept Hansi Flick\u2019s side top of the table with a three-point cushion, though a nervy finish took some of the gloss off an otherwise commanding away performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Xavi Espart opened the scoring after just five minutes, his first goal for the club, following a slick passing move through the middle of Levante\u2019s defence. Barcelona doubled their lead soon after when Raphinha dribbled past goalkeeper Mathew Ryan and squared for Yamal to tap in from close range, with the Brazilian captain again central to the buildup, as detailed in Football Espa\u00f1a\u2019s look at Raphinha\u2019s growing leadership role<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Yamal added a third early in the second half, winning and converting a penalty to put the game seemingly beyond doubt. But Barcelona\u2019s grip loosened after Pedri and Yamal were withdrawn around the hour mark: a poor pass from Espart in his own box let Iv\u00e1n Romero pull one back, and Marc Bernal\u2019s error in midfield teed up Roger Brugu\u00e9 to make it 3-2 and set up a tense finish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Karim Adeyemi settled matters in stoppage time, driving forward from the substitutes\u2019 bench on a solo run down the left before finishing past Ryan to restore the two-goal cushion. Barcelona had dominated for long stretches, but as Barca Blaugranes put it, the win was made unnecessarily dramatic by their own second-half lapses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The win extends Barcelona\u2019s perfect league record to five matches out of five and preserves their three-point advantage at the summit, a lead they had briefly seen threatened by Real Madrid\u2019s own strong start to the campaign. It continues a run of fast starts and dominant attacking spells that has become a hallmark of Flick\u2019s side in the early weeks of the season, a theme also touched on in Football Espa\u00f1a\u2019s coverage of Barcelona\u2019s early-season momentum in Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Yamal\u2019s brace, a first-half tap-in followed by a converted penalty, was once again decisive in a Barcelona victory, underlining his central role in a Flick attack that has rarely stopped scoring this season. It is a theme that recurs regularly around Yamal\u2019s evolving standing within the Barcelona dressing room<\/a>, and Sunday\u2019s contribution at Levante did nothing to slow that narrative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n