Robert Lewandowski scored a brilliant hat-trick to help Barcelona move within three points of La Liga leaders Real Madrid with victory at Celta Vigo.<\/p>\n
The Polish striker gave the Spanish champions a ninth-minute lead from the penalty spot after Marcos Alonso had handled Fermin Lopez’s shot in the area.<\/p>\n
Celta Vigo immediately responded as Sergio Carreira finished off a counter-attack 22 seconds after Barcelona’s Marcus Rashford had a one-on-one chance saved.<\/p>\n
Rashford made up for his miss in the 36th minute when his cross found Lewandwoski who restored the visitors’ lead with a volleyed finish. <\/p>\n
But mid-table Celta Vigo hit back again in a frantic first half through Borja Iglesias’ curling effort into the top corner from the edge of the box.<\/p>\n
Teenager Lamine Yamal then gave his side the lead for a third time in first-half stoppage time as he dispatched Rashford’s deflected cross at the back post.<\/p>\n
And in the 73rd minute Lewandowski completed his hat-trick by heading in Rashford’s corner at the near post.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old now has three La Liga hat-tricks, to add to his tally of 16 in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n
Barcelona had to play the final four minutes of stoppage time with 10 men after midfielder Frenkie de Jong received a second yellow card for tripping Iago Aspas.<\/p>\n