There was no rout this time but Barcelona still prevailed Sunday with Robert Lewandowski scoring a second-half winner as the Catalan club beat Alaves 1-0 to move within four points of rival Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish league.

Robert Lewandowski's second-half strike secured a 1-0 win for Barcelona against Deportivo Alaves on Sunday, as the third-placed hosts reduced the gap on LaLiga leaders Real Madrid to four points. Barcelona's second league win in a row lifted them to 45 points after 22 matches,

Robert Lewandowski was delighted proving Barcelona's matchwinner against Alaves last night. Lewandowski struck in the second-half as Barca won 1-0. The Pole said afterwards: "Before the match we knew we had to win. We are a few points behind and the most important thing was to win. Right now we have to play to win and then look at the standings.