Barcelona defeated Elche 3-1 in the Spanish La Liga on Sunday. This was a hard-fought victory for Barcelona after last week's El Clasico defeat. After this victory, Barcelona also moved up to second place in the points table.

They have 25 points from 11 games, five points behind leaders Real Madrid. Barcelona are followed by Villarreal and Atletico Madrid.

Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford scored for Barcelona against Elche. Rafa Mir pulled one back for Elche, putting Barcelona under pressure.

Elche are ninth on 14 points. In Sunday's other match, Real Betis beat Real Mallorca 3-0.