Barcelona manager, Hansi Flick, has hailed Lamine Yamal’s grown-up performance during their 4-3 win over Real Madrid on Sunday.
The 17-year-old put in another fine performance to leave the Catalans on the verge of winning the LaLiga title.
Yamal scored Barça’s second goal, angling a brilliant shot into the corner from just inside the area, as they bounced back from conceding two early Kylian Mbappé’s goals to lead 4-2 at half time.
Mbappé completed his hat-trick in the second half, but Barcelona held on at the Olympic Stadium to move seven points clear of their Clásico rivals with just three games to play.
“He’s not a kid,”;; Flick said at a news conference when asked about Yamal taking on so much responsibility at such a young age.
“He’s doing good. He has the confidence, the self-confidence, the belief in what he can do. Also, he’s very clever.
“He brought us back [into the match] today with his goal, a very important goal. This, at 17 years old, it’s really high quality. This is what we want from him.”;;
