‘Prime Neymar’: Ousmane Dembele Leaves Football Fans in Awe With Attacking Masterclass As Barca Thrash Bilbao

• Ousmane Dembele inspired FC Barcelona to a comfortable home win against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday, October 23
• The Frenchman scored once and contributed three assists as the Blaugrana walloped Bilbao four-nil at Spotify Camp Nou
• His three assists takes him to the summit of the assist charts in the Spanish top flight, with five assists in 11 games

Ousmane Dembele was in beast mode, as Barcelona run riot against Athletic Bilbao at Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday evening.

Dembele produced an attacking masterclass in Barca's resounding four-nil thrashing of Bilbao, who looked out of sorts against Xavi's charges.

The Frenchman scored a goal and provided an eyewatering three assists, in what was a confidence-boosting win for the Catalan giants ahead of their midweek Champions League game against Bayern Munich.

He was responsible for leading the onslaught when he connected beautifully to Lewandowski's cross after just 12 minutes, before serving to Sergi Roberto on a plate to double the lead for Barca.

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The 25-year-old then teed off Lewandowski, who rifled an unstoppable drive into the back of the net after a beautiful touch and an equally breathtaking turn in the box.

Ousmane wrapped up his man-of-the-match performance with his third assist for Ferran Torres, to put the game beyond the reach of Bilbao with 17 minutes left to spare, as noted by Football Espana.

Following the end of the game, football fans took to social media to extol the performance of Dembele.

@Lumeedee tweeted:

"Once I saw his face pre-match, I knew it was serious business tonight"

@ChaaliiyKay added:

"Dembele MASTERCLASS."

@danny_idy claimed the Frenchman was unplayable during the game:

"Dembele is unstoppable on his day."

Another user, @BadBarcaOpinion summarized the performance of Dembele:

"Dembele with three assists & one goal! Spectacular."

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@NealGardner reckoned:

"Bloody hell, this is turning out to be a legacy performance from Dembélé. Quite literally unstoppable when he’s like this."

@BattaSarthak extolled Dembele:

"Dembele is a nightmare for defenders, been class at RW."

Reason behind Dembele's hot form revealed

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Ousmane Dembele's turnaround with Barcelona is regarded as one of the best redemption arcs in the world of football in recent years.

The 25-year-old joined the Catalan giants in 2017 from Borussia Dortmund, with a tsunami of fan hype and optimism after an eye-watering £112.5 million deal.

In the subsequent years, the tricky winger has failed to live up to the lofty expectations many fans and pundits had of him, due to consistent injuries and little production.