Hansi Flick surpasses Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique with new milestone after Lamine Yamal inspires Barcelona to big win over Alaves

Hansi Flick recorded his 100th Barcelona victory on Saturday, doing so with the highest win percentage of any manager in the club's history, including treble-winners Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique.

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Lamine Yamal and Raphinha scored two each, while Anthony Gordon was also on the scoresheet as Barca thrashed Alaves 6-1 to return to the top of La Liga.

Flick's entertainers have now scored a remarkable 46 goals in just 11 league matches this season, and are on course to set records.

The German joined an exclusive club on Saturday evening, winning his 100th game as Barca boss. Only Enrique, Guardiola, Helenio Herrera, Frank Rijkaard and Johan Cruyff have previously hit that milestone.

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Flick has reached a century of wins in just 131 matches, second only to Enrique (126).

He also currently boasts the highest win percentage of any Barca manager (76.33%), ahead of Enrique (76.24%), Ralph Kirby (76.19%), Guardiola (72.47%), Tito Vilanova (71.66%) and Herrera (70.63%).

Flick is aiming to win a third successive La Liga title in 2026/27, having also won a Copa del Rey and two Supercopas de Espana since his appointment in 2024.

The former Bayern Munich boss also has two Bundesliga titles and a UEFA Champions League trophy to his name from his time in Germany.

Barca are next in action against Aston Villa in the Champions League on Tuesday night - live with TNT Sports on HBO Max.

'Easier' to sub Yamal when he scores

It was another routine victory for Barca against Alaves, but there might have been frustration for Yamal, who was substituted in the second half on a hat-trick.

Asked about his decision to take the 19-year-old off, Flick told reporters: "When you score two goals, it's easier to go out.

"I spoke with him at half time [about managing his minutes]. For us, that he has the confidence back with the one-v-one situations, more time and minutes in the second half [is good], but it also important he has less minutes."

Raphinha's brace took him to 15 league goals - four clear of Kylian Mbappe and five ahead of Yamal in the Golden Boot race - while Gordon and Fermin Lopez caught the eye.

Flick praised the response of his side after back-to-back defeats against Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.

"For Lamine it was a great game, but it was good to see the level of the attack: Fermin, Rapha," he said.

"This is what I want to see after these two defeats. How we react, it was good and in the right way."

Flick was also asked for his thoughts on bringing up 100 wins for the club.

"I am really happy about this, 100 wins, it's great," he said. "When we started, we hoped we would have 100 games for Barca, so 100 victories is a great situation."

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