The Lamine-Raphinha connection makes Barcelona unstoppable
Raphinha scored a hat trick to turn around a game that was looking tough after Fofana's goal. He now has 12 goals, and his team has 31 in seven games
Raphinha continued his red-hot form with a hat trick in a 3-1 win at Sevilla as defending champion Barcelona recorded a seventh straight victory in La Liga on Saturday.
Lamine Yamal set up two of the irrepressible Brazilian's goals to make it a La Liga-high 12 so far — one less than Raphinha scored all last season.
Barca has 31 goals in seven games and moved six points ahead of Real Madrid, which plays at Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Raphinha cut inside a defender and found the bottom right corner for his first goal, which came midway through the first half and after Youssouf Fofana gave Sevilla the lead .
Lamine Yamal bamboozled the Sevilla defense with quick footwork before crossing for Raphinha to head in from close range in the 52nd. Yamal then assisted again.
Barring injury, Raphinha is set to smash his career best tally of 18 league goals from two seasons ago.
After being crushed 7-2 by Barca in midweek, Racing Santander was routed 5-0 at Celta Vigo with Pablo Duran scoring twice.
