Lewandowski at the double as Barcelona signs off in style
A brace to Robert Lewandowski and a late Dani Olmo penalty ensured that LaLiga champion Barcelona ended the season on a high with a 3-0 victory over Athletic Club.
Barcelona had already wrapped up the league title, while Athletic Club's Champions League qualification had long-since been confirmed and, as such, there was little riding on this fixture at the San Mames.
But Barcelona looked every bit title winner as it reached 88 points for the campaign, four ahead of second-placed Real Madrid and 12 above Atletico Madrid in third.
With the low stakes of the game, Barca manager Hansi Flick chose to rest many first-teamers, including both senior goalkeepers Wojciech Szczesny and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, with Inaki Pena given his first start in more than four months.
Lewandowski got things going in the 14th minute after being played in by Fermin Lopez having beaten the offside trap, lobbing goalkeeper Unai Simon.
The Polish striker doubled his tally just four minutes later when heading home from a corner after Unai Gomez had made an error from his clearance.
Despite his brace, Lewandowski fell short of Kylian Mbappe's 31 league goals for the season and had to settle for second place in the Golden Boot race on 27. He missed a brilliant chance for his hat-trick shortly after the restart, while he had been substituted three minutes prior to a late penalty.
Olmo was fouled inside the penalty area in the 92nd minute and got back up to take spot kick, putting his side three goals to the good and wrapping up victory.
