Henry and Barça hit the heights

Henry and Barça hit the heights

Thierry Henry scored his first hat-trick in Spanish football as FC Barcelona won 4-1 at Levante UD to reclaim the Primera División leadership from Real Madrid CF.
Electric football

Like the Frenchman's former club Arsenal FC in England, Barça are combining electric football with efficient finishing - following up Wednesday's 4-1 success against Real Zaragoza with yet another comfortable win. Henry had not scored in five league outings this term, but found the net twice inside 23 minutes tonight. His third arrived in the 48th minute, two minutes before Lionel Messi converted his sixth goal in four games.
Sevilla beaten

Levante's sole reply came in the 71st minute, as Carles Puyol felled Alexandre Geijo in the penalty area and Emilio Viqueira scored from the spot. Barcelona have 14 points from six games but could be overtaken by Real Madrid, Villarreal CF and Valencia CF when they play on Sunday. Sevilla FC, meanwhile, occupy tenth spot as their recent poor form continued with a 2-0 reverse at Real Zaragoza tonight.Ramos surpriseAndrés D'Alessandro (52) and Sergio García (86) scored for Zaragoza as they put that heavy loss to Barça behind them. Sevilla coach Juande Ramos said: "The way things worked out and the final result were very surprising for me. Because there isn't a logical explanation for what happened there are few reasons I can give you, only that we weren't assertive enough up front."
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