Madrid, Nov. 3 -- FC Barcelona returned to second place in La Liga with a 3-1 home win over Elche, with goals from Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford.
Real Madrid kept its five-point lead at the top with a 4-0 home win over Valencia on Saturday, as Kylian Mbappe scored twice and Jude Bellingham and Alvaro Carreras added one each.
Yamal opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a powerful shot past Elche goalkeeper Inaki Pena, who is on loan from Barcelona.
Barcelona doubled its lead two minutes later after winning possession deep in Elche's half. Fermin Lopez fed Torres to finish.
Rafa Mir pulled one back for Elche three minutes before halftime after getting the better of Ronald Araujo and finishing with a powerful shot. ...