Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford score as Barcelona rebounds from clasico loss

L amine Yamal scored early as Barcelona rebounded from its clasico defeat by beating Elche 3-1 at home to regain second place in the Spanish league on Sunday.

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Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford also scored for Barcelona, a week after it lost 2-1 at Real Madrid in the first clasico of the season.

Barcelona is five points behind league leader Madrid, which routed Valencia 4-0 at home on Saturday. Barcelona entered the match in third place, one point behind Villarreal, which defeated Rayo Vallecano 4-0 on Saturday.

"I saw many things we did well, but I also saw some we didn't do well," Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said. "It was a tough match, but it meant the three points were earned. We have to improve.