Aubameyang, the ‘Pichichi’ who arrived in January

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang He is on his way to becoming the best winter signing in the history of the FC Barcelona, if it isn’t already. Yesterday he was barely seen in the game, but his shot in the 11th minute was worth his weight in gold. The Gabonese striker rose to head a ball that bounced over the Real goalkeeper Ferran Torresafter receiving assistance from Gavi. Just in the previous action, Dembélé He had finished off the ball against the post. They were the two most dangerous occasions of the Barça throughout the game, but the goal of Auba It had enormous significance.

Not only did it serve for the Barça club to recover second place in the table and consolidate itself in the Champions League, but it also helped to distance two direct rivals, such as Betiswhich is already six points away -and it could be nine if on Sunday the Barça beats Rayo- and her own Real societywhich they lead by eight points.

Besides, Aubameyang proved again that the Barça He was not wrong with his signing in January. In his 12th game as a starter, the Gabonese scored his 11th goal with the Barça to certify a vital triumph in the face of the objective of ensuring the Champions and equate with Mememphis Depay as the team’s top scorer, with 11 goals each.

The one from yesterday in the Royal Arena, Auba has scored nine in Ligaplus the two that he signed in the Europa League contra Naples y Galatasaray. Aubameyangdespite arriving in the winter market, he is already the top scorer in the squad, with the same goals as Memphis (11), which adds 10 in the championship and one in the Europa Leaguewith 32 games played in total.

In contrast, the Gabonese has only needed almost half the games (17) to equal the Dutch’s scoring figure. Another merit of Auba is theirs have all been at stake, while five of the 11 goals from Memphis They have been from the penalty spot.

His goal, always synonymous with triumph

Apart from his spectacular goalscoring contribution, another fact that works in favor of the former striker of the Arsenal is that whenever he scores with the Barça shirt, the Barça win. It premiered before Valencia with a hat-trick, he scored against Naplesthe Athletic, health y Galatasaray and signed a brace in the Barça exhibition at the Bernabéu, with triumph always azulgrana.

After leaving in the Clásico, Auba blanked out at him Sevilla and the unitybut returned to wet before the Levante in the City of Valencia, where the Barça achieved another vital triumph. He didn’t see a door either in the second leg against unity as a starter, but yesterday he fulfilled his goal to ensure the goal of being in Champions who, despite not being a mathematician anymore, is much closer after the long-suffering victory in Donosti.

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