Lamine Yamal stepped up again when Barcelona rode Real Madrid in their vital El Clasico confrontation.
The Catalans are now seven points free from their old enemies in the La Liga title race with three more games to be played this season.
Hansi Flick can already secure a debut campaign League title on 15 May if Barcelona is a derby victory during relegation-threatened Espanyol.
La Blaugrana showed steel to bounce back from a midweek UEFA Champions League exit in the hands of Inter Milan while they lost 7-6 at the San Siro.
Lamine Yamal scored in both games, because he inspired Barcelona from two goals against both opponents, and the teenager is now up to 15 goals in all competitions this season.
The chaotic loss in Milan hit Barcelona hard, with frustration about various referee decisions that went against them in the second stage, to end Flick's triple dream.
After his arrival back in Barcelona, Lamine Yamal opened an important chat with his mother, who put him on the right track, just in time to face Real Madrid.
“Eventually I told my mother, the Champions League comes by every year. We keep trying, but today it was important to win, to bring us closer to the league title,” he told Mundo Deportivo on full -time.
“It was a very important game to get a considerable lead. After the UCL match it was very important to win, and even more if it was against Real Madrid. Today it is time to enjoy it.”
Lamine Yamal has consistently declared the crucial role that his mother Sheila Ebana played in his rise to star row for Barcelona and Spain.
Family remains a crucial part of his life and he is very proud of his upbringing in the various neighborhood of Rocafonda in the city of Mataro.