Madrid, Sept. 20 -- Raphinha scored his second hat-trick in two matches as FC Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-1 to maintain its 100 percent record at the top of La Liga.
Sevilla took the lead in the 19th minute when Youssouf Fofana headed in a cross from the left, but Raphinha made it 1-1 three minutes later, collecting a pass from Andreas Christensen before cutting inside and scoring with a cool finish on Saturday.
Lamine Yamal set Raphinha up for Barcelona's second goal in the 52nd minute with a chipped cross for him to head home, and then aided the third with a pass that allowed the forward to chip goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos to make it 3-1.
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