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European wrap: Barca stretch their lead in Spain

Updated / Saturday, 7 Feb 2026 18:40

Barcelona extended their lead at the top of LaLiga to four points with a 3-0 win over Mallorca at the Nou Camp on Saturday.

The visitors had the better of the early chances but veteran Robert Lewandowski settled the hosts' nerves when he opened the scoring on 29 minutes after a Marcus Rashford effort was blocked.

Lamine Yamal, scoring for a fifth game in a row, doubled the lead just after the hour and fellow teenager Marc Bernal completed victory with his first senior goal seven minutes from time.

In France, 10-man Lens returned to the top of Ligue 1 with a 3-1 comeback win over Rennes at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Esteban Lepaul put the visitors ahead after just eight minutes but Odsonne Edouard equalised for Lens before the break.

Ruben Aguilar gave Lens the lead after 54 minutes only to blot his copybook two minutes later by picking up a second yellow card.

Allan Saint-Maximin put the result beyond doubt by scoring the hosts’ third 12 minutes from time.

Serhou Guirassy grabbed a late winner as Borussia Dortmund edged past Wolfsburg 2-1 to move within three points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.

Dortmund had been pegged back by Konstantinos Koulierakis early in the second half after Julian Brandt had put them ahead.

Champions League hopefuls Stuttgart slipped up as they were beaten 2-1 at St Pauli.

An early goal from Niklas proved enough as Freiburg survived the sending-off of Johan Manzambi to beat Werder Bremen 1-0 while Hamburg won 2-0 at bottom side Heidenheim and Mainz beat Augsburg by the same scoreline.

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