Yamal lights up as Barca thumps Valencia

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Fermin grabbed a goal and two assists for Barcelona, with Yamal, Raphinha and Pedri, who were named as Barcelona's captains 24 hours earlier, also on target. 

Anthony Gordon's fine start to life with Barcelona saw him register another assist, with the Blaugrana remaining the only side to win all four of their league games this season. 

Barcelona took just six minutes to open the scoring when Yamal was found by Fermin's fine pass behind the Valencia defence before lofting the ball over Stole Dimitrievski.

Yamal thought he had doubled his and the visitor's tally two minutes later when he crashed the ball in at the near post after being teed up by Fermin once again, but the goal was ruled out for an offside against the Barcelona number 10. 

However, Barcelona did get its second in the 22nd minute through Fermin, who picked out the bottom-left corner after Gordon's cutback to the edge of the box.

Barcelona's dominance continued, and only a brilliant save from Dimitrievski stopped Fermin from grabbing his brace, with the Spaniard's effort tipped onto the base of the post. 

Raphinha pulled Barcelona further clear five minutes after the restart, tucking home from close range after Yamal and Fermin combined to great effect down the right-hand side. 

The defending champion saw Rodri crash a header against the crossbar before Gordon's shot was saved by Dimitrievski, and it added further gloss to the scoreline with two late goals.

Pedri rifled into the bottom-left corner in the 79th minute before Yamal brought up his brace four minutes from time. After collecting Dani Olmo's pass, he ruthlessly finished past Dimitrievski after beating the offside trap.